Recalibration of the H[SUB]-0.5[/SUB] magnitudes of spiral galaxies

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view Abstract Citations (27) References (33) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Recalibration of the H -0.5 Magnitudes of Spiral Galaxies Tormen, Giuseppe ; Burstein, David Abstract The H-magnitude aperture data published by the Aaronson et al. collaboration over a 10 year period is collected into a homogeneous data set of 1731 observations of 665 galaxies. Ninety-six percent of these galaxies have isophotal diameters and axial ratios determined by the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies (RC3; de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991), the most self-consistent set of optical data currently available. The precepts governing the optical data in the RC3 are systematically different from those of the Second Reference Catalogue (de Vaucouleurs, de Vaucouleurs, & Corwin 1976), which were used by Aaronson et al. for their original analyses of galaxy peculiar motions. This in turn leads to systematic differences in growth curves and fiducial H-magnitudes, prompting the present recalibration of the near-infrared Tully-Fisher relationship. New optically normalized H-magnitude growth curves are defined for galaxies of types S0 to Im, from which new values of fiducial H-magnitudes, H^g^_-0.5_, are measured for the 665 galaxies. A series of internal tests show that these four standard growth curves are defined to an accuracy of 0.05 mag over the interval - 1.5 <= log (A/D_g_) <= -0.2. Comparisons with the Aaronson et al. values of diameters, axial ratios, and fiducial H-magnitudes show the expected differences, given the different definitions of these parameters. The values of H^g^_-0.5_ are assigned quality indices: a quality value of 1 indicates an accuracy of less than 0.2 mag, quality 2 indicates an accuracy of 0.2-0.35 mag, and quality 3 indicates an accuracy of more than 0.35 mag. Revised values of corrected H I velocity widths are also given, based on the new set of axial ratios defined by the RC3. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Pub Date: January 1995 DOI: 10.1086/192115 arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9405047 Bibcode: 1995ApJS...96..123T Keywords: Calibrating; Infrared Photometry; Spiral Galaxies; Stellar Magnitude; Astronomical Catalogs; Galactic Structure; Isophotes; Astronomy; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; INFRARED: GALAXIES; Astrophysics E-Print: 24 pages, POSTSCRIPT file. Accepted for publication in ApJ Supplement. Tables 2 and 4 and Figures on request from bepi@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk full text sources arXiv | ADS | data products SIMBAD (666) NED (665) CDS (2) Related Materials (1) Catalog: 1997yCat..20960123T