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J/A+A/471/127       New globular clusters in M31            (Galleti+, 2007)
An updated survey of globular clusters in M 31.
II. Newly discovered bright and remote clusters.
    Galleti S., Bellazzini M., Federici L., Buzzoni A., Fusi Pecci F.
   <Astron. Astrophys., 471, 127-136 (2007)>
   =2007A&A...471..127G
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, nearby ; Clusters, globular ; Radial velocities

Keywords: galaxies: individual: M 31 - galaxies: star clusters - catalogs -
          galaxies: Local Group

Abstract:
    We present the first results of a large spectroscopic survey of
    candidate globular clusters located in the extreme outskirts of the
    nearby M 31 galaxy. The survey is aimed at ascertaining the nature of
    the selected candidates to increase the sample of confirmed M 31
    clusters lying more that 2° away from the center of the galaxy.

    We obtained low resolution spectra (λΔλ∼800-1300)
    of 48 targets selected from the Extended Source Catalogue of 2MASS, as
    in Galleti et al. (2005A&A...436..535G). The observed candidates have
    been robustly classified according to their radial velocity and by
    verifying their extended/point-source nature from ground-based optical
    images. We have also obtained a spectrum and a radial velocity
    estimate for the remote M 31 globular discovered by Martin et al.
    (2006MNRAS.371.1983M).

Description:
    The imager/spectrograph DoLoRes at the 3.52m TNG telescope in La
    Palma (Canary Island, Spain) was used in service mode in various
    nights during the period October-December, 2005 (Run 1), and in
    visitor mode in the nights of October 10-15, 2006 (Run 2), to acquire
    long slit spectra of 38 M 31 CGCs.

    Long slit spectra for 16 CGCs in M 31 were obtained with the low
    resolution spectrograph BFOSC mounted at the 1.52m Cassini Telescope
    of the Loiano Observatory, near Bologna (Italy), during several runs
    in 2006: August 19-22 (Run 1), September 1-2 (Run 2), October 25-27
    (Run 3), and November 22-23 (Run 4).

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat        89       49   Observed candidates globular cluster
tableb3.dat       66      164   Globular clusters candidates from HST images
m31rbc.dat       202     1983   Revised Bologna Catalog of M31 globular clusters
                              and candidates: RBC V3.5 (Version March, 2008)


See also:
 J/A+A/416/917 : Revised Bologna Catalog of M31 globular cluster (Galleti+ 2004)
 J/A+AS/116/447 : M31 globulars clusters ellipticities (Staneva+, 1996)
 J/AcA/48/455  : Globular Clusters in M31 and M33 (Mochejska+, 1998)
 J/AJ/119/727  : M31 globular clusters photometry (Barmby+, 2000)
 J/AJ/122/2458 : M31 globular clusters from HST (Barmby+, 2001)
 J/A+A/449/143 : Photometry of M31 globular cluster candidates (Ma+, 2006)
 J/A+A/456/985 : Radial velocities of 76 M31 candidate clusters (Galleti+, 2006)
 http://www.bo.astro.it/M31 : M31 Globular Clusters Home Page


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1- 23  A23   ---     2MASX     2MASX or 2MASS designation (JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs)
  25- 29  F5.2  mag     Kmag      2MASS K magnitude
  32- 36  I5    km/s    RV        ? Radial velocity
  38- 43  A6    ---     n_RV      Note on the measured velocity (1)
      45  A1    ---     f_RV      [ab] Flag on object spectrum (2)
  48- 51  I4    km/s    e_RV      rms uncertainty on RV
  53- 58  A6    ---     Obs1      Run and telescope used for RV data (3)
  60- 64  I5    km/s    RV2       ? Second radial velocity
  66- 67  I2    km/s    e_RV2     ? rms uncertainty on RV2
  69- 74  A6    ---     Obs2      Run and telescope used for RV2 data (3)
  76- 79  F4.2  ---     FWHM      ? Ratio between the FWHM of the target and the
                                    FWHM of stars as measured on optical images
  81- 82  A2    ---     E/PS      Extended (E) or point-source (PS)
  84- 89  A6    ---     Name      Other name (4)

Note (1): Note as follows:
    (1) = Very uncertain RV estimates obtained during Run 1 at TNG;
          superseded by the estimates from other sources
    (2) = The radial velocity has been estimated from the stacked spectrum 
          obtained by co-adding the spectra acquired in Run 1 and Run 2 at
          the Cassini telescope.
 M Star = M type star
   (EL) = Emission line
Note (2): Flag as follows:
      a = Object with prominent emission lines in its spectrum.
      b = Object with M type spectrum (prominent TiO bands).
Note (3): R1, R2, R3 etc., refer to the various observing runs at the TNG
     and Cassini (Loiano) telescopes, see Sect. 2.
      R1 LOI = 2006 August 19-22, Loiano Observatory
      R2 LOI = 2006 September 1-2, Loiano Observatory
      R3 LOI = 2006 October 25-27, Loiano Observatory
      R4 LOI = 2006 November 22-23, Loiano Observatory
      R1 TNG = 2005 October-December, La Palma TNG
      R2 TNG = 2006 October 10-15, La Palma TNG
Note (4): The 2MASS counterpart of the remote cluster discovered by Martin
     et al. (2006MNRAS.371.1983M), here named MGC1 (for Martin-GC1), is in
     2MASS-PSC instead of 2MASS-XSC as all other entries. MCGC1 (for
     Mackey-GC1) is GC1 from Mackey et al. (2007ApJ...655L..85M), 
     [MHF2007] GC 1 in Simbad.


Byte-by-byte Description of file: tableb3.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1-  6  A6    ---     Name      Name of the globular clusters candidate (G1)
       7  A1    ---     S         [SC] Spectroscopic confirmation (2)
       9  A1    ---     V         [SCAGH] Confirmation via high resolution
                                          imaging (2)
  11- 27  A17   ---     Class     Classification
      29  I1    ---     Cl        [1/7] Global classification flag (3)
  31- 35  I5    ---     PropID    Proposal ID
  37- 45  A9    ---     Cam       Camera
  47- 51  A5    ---     Filt      Filter
  53- 61  A9    ---     Dataset   Dataset
  63- 66  I4    s       Exptime   Exposure time

Note (2): Spectroscopic confirmation as follows:
      C = Cluster
      S = Star
      A = Asterism
      G = Galaxy
      H = HII region
Note (3): Global classification flag as follows:
      1 = confirmed globular cluster
      2 = globular cluster candidates
      3 = controversial object
      4 = confirmed galaxy
      5 = confirmed HII Region
      6 = confirmed star
      7 = asterism


Byte-by-byte Description of file: m31rbc.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations

   1-  4  I4    ---     Seq       [1/7737] Sequential number
   6- 11  A6    ---     Name      Name (G1)
  13- 23  A11   ---     OName     Other name (G1)
      25  I1    ---     c1        [1/8] Classification (2)
      27  I1    ---     c2        [0/9] Confirmation flag (3)
  29- 38  F10.7 deg     RAdeg     Right ascension, in decimal degrees (J2000)
  40- 49  F10.7 deg     DEdeg     Declination, in decimal degrees (J2000)
      51  I1    ---     q_c3      [1/8] Original quality-class (4)
      53  I1    ---     c3        [0/6] Classification code (5)
  55- 60  F6.3  mag     Umag      ?=0.000 U magnitude
  62- 67  F6.3  mag     Bmag      ?=0.000 B magnitude
  69- 74  F6.3  mag     Vmag      ?=0.000 V magnitude
  76- 81  F6.3  mag     Rmag      ?=0.000 R magnitude
  83- 88  F6.3  mag     Imag      ?=0.000 I magnitude
  90- 95  F6.3  mag     Jmag      ?=0.000 J magnitude
  97-102  F6.3  mag     Hmag      ?=0.000 H magnitude
 104-109  F6.3  mag     Kmag      ?=0.000 K magnitude
 111-117  F7.2  pix     xpos      X position (6)
 119-125  F7.2  pix     ypos      Y position (6)
 127-132  F6.2  ---     rr        [0.72/759.98] rr parameter (not explained) (6)
 134-139  F6.2  ---     Rp        [0.16/173.10] Rp parameter (not explained) (6)
 141-145  I5    km/s    RV        ?=9999 Radial velocity
 147-150  I4    km/s    e_RV      ?=9999 rms uncertainty on RV
 152-157  F6.3  mag     NUV       ?=99.999 Galex Near-UV magnitude (7)
 159-163  F5.3  mag     e_NUV     ?=9.999 rms uncertainty on NUV
 165-170  F6.3  mag     FUV       ?=99.999 Galex Far-UV magnitude (7)
 172-176  F5.3  mag     e_FUV     ?=9.999 rms uncertainty on FUV
 178-179  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
     180  A1    ---     ---       [:]
 181-182  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
     183  A1    ---     ---       [:]
 184-189  F6.3  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
     191  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
 192-193  I2    deg     DEd       Declination sign (J2000)
     194  A1    ---     ---       [:]
 195-196  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination sign (J2000)
     197  A1    ---     ---       [:]
 198-202  F5.2  arcsec  DEs       Declination sign (J2000)

Note (2): Classification as follows:
      1 = globular cluster
      2 = candidate globular cluster
      3 = controversial object
      4 = galaxy
      5 = region HII
      6 = stars
      7 = asterism
      8 = extended cluster
Note (3): Confirmation flag (HST,high resolution imaging, profile) as follows:
      0 = no data
      1 = globular cluster
      4 = galaxy
      5 = region HII
      6 = stars
      7 = asterism
      9 = globular cluster (f=1) with -150<RV<300
Note (4): Original quality-class flag as follows:
      1 = A from Battistini et al. and Kim et al.
      2 = B from Battistini et al. and Kim et al.
      3 = C from Battistini et al. and Kim et al.
      4 = D from Battistini et al. and Kim et al.
      5 = E from Battistini et al. and Kim et al.
      6 = not flagged
      7 = S from Kim et al. (2007AJ....134..706K)
      8 = G from Kim et al. (2007AJ....134..706K)
      References are:
      Kim et al.: 2007AJ....134..706K
      Battistini et al.: 1980A&AS...42..357B, 1982A&A...113...39B,
                         1987A&AS...67..447B, 1993A&A...272...77B
Note (5): BLCC (young cluster) code as follows:
      1 = only sample A (color selected), from Fusi Pecci et al.
          (2005AJ....130..554F) table 1
      2 = only sample B (Hbeta>3.5 selected), from Fusi Pecci et al.
          (2005AJ....130..554F) table 1
      3 = sample A and B, from Fusi Pecci et al.
          (2005AJ....130..554F) table 1
      4 = confirmed GCs and candidates BLCC, from Fusi Pecci et al.
          (2005AJ....130..554F) table 2
      5 = unconfirmed GCs and candidates BLCC, from Fusi Pecci et al.
          (2005AJ....130..554F) table 3
      6 = color (B-V)0<0.45 with E(B-V)=0.11 for Kim et al.
          (2007AJ....134..706K)
Note (6): Estimated considering: PA=38° (Kent, 1989AJ.....97.1614K);
     Center of M31 (J2000): 00:42:44.31+41:16:09.4;
     DM=24.47 (783kpc) (Durrell et al., 2004AJ....128..260D; 
     McConnachie et al., 2005MNRAS.356..979M)
Note (7): From Rey et al., 2007ApJS..173..643R



Global notes:

Note (G1): Nomenclature note:
  AUNNN  = ACH NNN, Auriere et al., 1992A&A...256...95A
  BNNN   = Bol NNN, Battistini et al., 1987A&AS...67..447B
  BNNND  = Bol DNNN, Battistini et al., 1987A&AS...67..447B
  BANN   = BA 3-NNN, Baade & Arp, 1964ApJ...139.1027B
  BHNN   = identified with M31GC JHHMMSS+DDMMSS objects
  DAONNN = [CCS85] NNN, Crampton et al., 1985ApJ...288..494C
  GNNN   = SKHB NNN, Sargent et al., 1977AJ.....82..947S
  H126   = [H32] 126, Hubble, 1932ApJ....76...44H
  MNNN   = [MKK98] M 31 NNN, Mochejska et al., 1998AcA....48..455M
  MCECN  = M31WFSC N
  MGCCNN = [MHF2007] GC NN, MacKey et al., 2007ApJ...655L..85M
  NBNNN  = NBol NNN, Battistini et al., 1993A&A...272...77B
  SHNN   = [S73] NN, 1985AstL...11..248S Sharov & Lyutyj
  VNNN   = [V62] NNN, Vetesnik, 1962BAICz..13..180V

  2MNNN, HECNN, HNN and SKNNNA objects are not in Simbad.


History:
    From electronic version of the journal
    catalog copied at http://www.bo.astro.it/M31

References:
     Galleti et al.,   Paper I    2006A&A...456..985G, Cat. J/A+A/456/985
(End)                                      Patricia Vannier [CDS]    15-Nov-2007