J/ApJS/245/25 WISE Extended Source Catalog (WXSC). I. (Jarrett+, 2019)
The WISE Extended Source Catalog (WXSC).
I. The 100 largest galaxies.
Jarrett T.H., Cluver M.E., Brown M.J.I., Dale D.A., Tsai C.W., Masci F.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 245, 25 (2019)>
=2019ApJS..245...25J 2019ApJS..245...25J
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, IR; Photometry, infrared; Galaxy catalogs;
Clusters, globular; Galaxies, nearby
Keywords: Infrared galaxies ; Catalogs ; Sky surveys ; Galaxy evolution ;
Galaxy processes
Abstract:
We present mid-infrared photometry and measured global properties of
the 100 largest galaxies in the sky, including the well-studied
Magellanic Clouds, Local Group galaxies M31 and M33, the Fornax and
Virgo galaxy cluster giants, and many of the most spectacular Messier
objects (e.g., M51 and M83). This is the first release of a larger
catalog of extended sources as imaged in the mid-infrared, called the
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Extended Source Catalog
(WXSC). In this study, we measure their global attributes, including
integrated flux, surface brightness, and radial distribution. The
largest of the large are the LMC, SMC, and Andromeda galaxy, which are
also the brightest mid-infrared galaxies in the sky. We interrogate
the large galaxies using WISE colors, which serve as proxies for four
general types of galaxies: bulge-dominated spheroidals, intermediate
semi-quiescent disks, star-forming (SF) spirals, and AGN-dominated.
The colors reveal a tight "sequence" that spans 5 mag in W2-W3 color,
ranging from early to late types and low to high SF activity; we fit
the functional form given by (W1-W2)=[0.015*e(W2-W3)/1.38]-0.08.
Departures from this sequence may reveal nuclear, starburst, and
merging events. Physical properties and luminosity attributes are
computed, notably the diameter, aggregate stellar mass, and
dust-obscured star formation activity. To effectively study and
compare these galaxy characteristics, we introduce the "pinwheel"
diagram, which depicts physical properties with respect to the median
value observed for WISE galaxies in the local universe. Utilized with
the WXSC, this diagram will delineate between different kinds of
galaxies, identifying those with similar star formation and structural
properties. Finally, we present the mid-infrared photometry of the 25
brightest globular clusters in the sky, of which many are also the
largest and brightest objects orbiting the Milky Way, including Omega
Centauri, 47 Tucanae, and a number of famed night-sky targets (e.g., M13).
Description:
Building upon the early pilot study of Jarrett+ (2013AJ....145....6J 2013AJ....145....6J),
this is the first paper in a series that encompasses the Wide-field
Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Extended Source Catalog (WXSC) data
release, here showcasing the 100 largest angular diameter galaxies.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 133 104 Photometry of the 100 largest galaxies imaged by WISE
table3.dat 125 104 Derived global stellar mass and SFRs
table5.dat 101 25 Brightest globular clusters
table6.dat 132 102 Asymptotic and total integrated brightness
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See also:
II/328 : AllWISE Data Release (Cutri+, 2013)
J/AJ/132/2268 : SAGE calibration stars (Meixner+, 2006)
J/PASP/122/1397 : Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Gal. (Sheth+, 2010)
J/ApJS/212/18 : An atlas of UV-to-MIR galaxy SEDs (Brown+, 2014)
J/ApJ/792/30 : NEOWISE magnitudes for near-Earth objects (Mainzer+, 2014)
J/ApJ/792/129 : WISE W1/W2 Tully-Fisher relation calibrators (Neill+, 2014)
J/ApJ/805/90 : WISE ELIRGs and comparison with QSOs (Tsai+, 2015)
J/A+A/592/A20 : NGC 1316 and NGC 612 WISE images (Duah Asabere+, 2016)
J/AJ/152/63 : NEOWISE reactivation mission: 2nd yr data (Nugent+, 2016)
J/MNRAS/464/1306 : LARGESS survey (Ching+, 2017)
J/AJ/154/41 : Rotational velocities of M33 (Kam+, 2017)
J/ApJ/864/40 : The HIPASS Catalog (HICAT) + WISE galaxies (Parkash+, 2018)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Seq [1/100]? Sequential index, ordered
by W1 (3.4um) angular size
5- 8 I4 --- iB [1/8996] Sequential index, ordered
by W1 (3.4um) brightness
10- 20 A11 --- Name Galaxy name (1)
24- 32 F9.5 deg RAdeg Right Ascension, decimal degrees (J2000)
34- 42 F9.5 deg DEdeg Declination, decimal degrees (J2000)
44- 50 A7 --- Morph RC3 Hubble Type
52- 55 F4.2 --- b/a [0.16/1] Axis ratio
57- 61 F5.1 deg PA Position angle, E of N
63- 68 F6.2 arcmin R1 [2.1/300] W1 (3.4um) angular semi-major axis
70- 74 F5.2 mag W1mag [-1.93/11.06] WISE W1 (3.4um) magnitude
76- 79 F4.2 mag e_W1mag [0.01/0.02] Associated error in W1mag
81- 86 F6.2 arcmin R2 [1.7/300] W2 (4.6um) angular semi-major axis
88- 92 F5.2 mag W2mag [-1.99/11.28] WISE W2 (4.6um) magnitude
94- 97 F4.2 mag e_W2mag [0.01/0.04] Associated error in W2mag
99-104 F6.2 arcmin R3 [0.8/300]? W3 (12um) angular semi-major axis
106-110 F5.2 mag W3mag [-4.78/8.36]? WISE W3 (12um) magnitude
112-115 F4.2 mag e_W3mag [0.01/0.2]? Associated error in W3mag
117-122 F6.2 arcmin R4 [0.8/300]? W4 (22.8um) angular semi-major axis
124-128 F5.2 mag W4mag [-7.15/6.69]? WISE W4 (22.8um) magnitude
130-133 F4.2 mag e_W4mag [0.01/0.35]? Associated error in W4mag
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Note (1): The following galaxies had saturated cores, necessitating recovery of
lost flux: M82, NGC 253, Circinus, NGC 1068 (M77), and NGC 2070 (LMC).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Seq [1/100]? Sequential index, ordered
by W1 (3.4um) angular size
5- 15 A11 --- Name Galaxy name
17- 21 F5.2 Mpc Dist [0.05/37] Distance to galaxy
23- 26 I4 pc Beam [1/1071] Physical scale of W1 beam
28- 32 F5.2 mag W1-W2 [-0.3/1.8] W1-W2 color index
34- 34 A1 --- l_W2-W3 Limit flag on W2-W3 color
36- 40 F5.2 mag W2-W3 [-0.37/4.58]? W2-W3 color index
42- 46 F5.2 [Lsun] LogLw1 [6/12] log of W1 inband-luminosity
48- 51 F4.2 [Lsun] e_LogLw1 [0.01/0.02] Uncertainty in LogLw1
53- 57 F5.2 [Msun] LogMs [6/11.8] log of stellar mass
59- 62 F4.2 [Msun] e_LogMs [0.08/0.2] Uncertainty in LogMs
64- 64 A1 --- l_LognuL3 Limit flag on LognuL3
66- 70 F5.2 [Lsun] LognuL3 [1.1/10.7] W3 (12um) nuLnu spectral
luminosity (2)
72- 75 F4.2 [Lsun] e_LognuL3 [0.01/1.7]? Uncertainty in LognuL3
77- 77 A1 --- l_LognuL4 Limit flag on LognuL4
79- 83 F5.2 [Lsun] LognuL4 [1.3/10.6] W4 (22.8um) nuLnu spectral
luminosity (2)
85- 88 F4.2 [Lsun] e_LognuL4 [0.01/3.4]? Uncertainty in LognuL4
90- 90 A1 --- l_SFR12 Limit flag on SFR12
92- 96 F5.2 Msun/yr SFR12 [0.01/52] W3 (12um) star formation rate
98-102 F5.2 Msun/yr e_SFR12 [0/18]? Uncertainty in SFR12
104-104 A1 --- l_SFR23 Limit flag on SFR23
106-110 F5.2 Msun/yr SFR23 [0/40.6] W4 (22.8um) star formation rate
112-116 F5.2 Msun/yr e_SFR23 [0/15.9]? Uncertainty in SFR23
118-118 A1 --- l_sSFR12 Limit flag on sSFR12
120-125 F6.2 yr-1 sSFR12 [-12.6/-6.9] Specific SFR, SFR(W3) and
stellar mass
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Note (2): After subtraction of the stellar continuum
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- GC Globular Cluster name
12- 20 F9.5 deg RAdeg Right Ascension, decimal degrees (J2000)
22- 30 F9.5 deg DEdeg Declination, decimal degrees (J2000)
32- 36 F5.2 arcmin RW1 [2.9/27.5] Radius in W1 band
38- 41 F4.2 mag W1mag [0.8/7.1] W1 (3.4um) integrated brightness
43- 46 F4.2 mag e_W1mag [0.01/0.02] Uncertainty in W1mag
48- 52 F5.2 mag/arcsec2 SB1 [17.2/20.7] W1 mean surface brightness
54- 57 F4.2 mag W2mag [0.8/7.1] W2 (4.6um) integrated brightness
59- 62 F4.2 mag e_W2mag [0.01/0.04] Uncertainty in W2mag
64- 68 F5.2 mag/arcsec2 SB2 [17.1/20.7] W2 mean surface brightness
70- 73 F4.2 mag W3mag [1/7.4] W3 (12um) integrated brightness
75- 78 F4.2 mag e_W3mag [0.01/0.1] Uncertainty in W3mag
80- 84 F5.2 mag/arcsec2 SB3 [16.4/19.5] W3 mean surface brightness
86- 90 F5.2 mag W4mag [-0.3/7.5] W4 (22.8um) integrated
brightness
92- 95 F4.2 mag e_W4mag [0.01/0.6] Uncertainty in W4mag
97-101 F5.2 mag/arcsec2 SB4 [14/19.1] W4 mean surface brightness
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Seq [3/100]? Sequential index,
ordered by W1 (3.4um) angular size
5- 15 A11 --- Name Galaxy name
20- 25 F6.2 arcmin RW1 [2.6/149.4] W1 (3.4um) asymptotic radius
27- 31 F5.2 mag AW1mag [0.08/11] W1 asymptotic magnitude
33- 36 F4.2 mag e_AW1mag [0.01/0.02] Uncertainty in AW1mag
38- 43 F6.2 arcmin RW2 [2.6/133] W2 (4.6um) asymptotic radius
45- 49 F5.2 mag AW2mag [0.1/11.2] W2 asymptotic magnitude
51- 54 F4.2 mag e_AW2mag [0.01/0.04] Uncertainty in AW2mag
56- 61 F6.2 arcmin RW3 [1.2/149]? W3 (12um) asymptotic radius
63- 67 F5.2 mag AW3mag [-2/8.4]? W3 asymptotic magnitude
69- 72 F4.2 mag e_AW3mag [0.01/0.3]? Uncertainty in AW3mag
74- 78 F5.2 arcmin RW4 [1/99.4]? W4 (22.8um) asymptotic radius
80- 84 F5.2 mag AW4mag [-4.2/6.4]? W4 asymptotic magnitude
86- 89 F4.2 mag e_AW4mag [0.01/0.4]? Uncertainty in AW4mag
91- 95 F5.2 mag TW1mag [0.06/10.6] W1 (3.4um) double-Sersic profile-fit
total magnitude
97-100 F4.2 mag e_TW1mag [0.01/0.4] Uncertainty in TW1mag
102-105 F4.2 mag TW2mag [0.1/9.6]? W2 (4.6um) double-Sersic profile-fit
total magnitude
107-110 F4.2 mag e_TW2mag [0.01/0.09]? Uncertainty in TW2mag
112-116 F5.2 mag TW3mag [-2/6.8]? W3 (12um) double-Sersic profile-fit
total magnitude
118-121 F4.2 mag e_TW3mag [0.01/0.2]? Uncertainty in TW3mag
123-127 F5.2 mag TW4mag [-4.2/6]? W4 (22.8um) double-Sersic profile-fit
total magnitude
129-132 F4.2 mag e_TW4mag [0.01/0.2]? Uncertainty in TW4mag
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 25-Mar-2020