IC 1613

IC 1613 (also known as Caldwell 51) is an irregular dwarf galaxy, visible in the constellation Cetus near the star 26 Ceti.[5] It was discovered in 1906 by Max Wolf,[6] and is approaching Earth at 234 km/s.

IC 1613
IC 1613 captured with the VLT's OmegaCAM.[1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 01h 04m 47.8s[2]
Declination+02° 07′ 04″[2]
Redshift-234 ± 1 km/s[2]
Distance2.38 ± 0.07 Mly (730 ± 20 kpc)[3][4]
Apparent magnitude (V)9.9[2]
Characteristics
TypeIB(s)m[2]
Apparent size (V)16′.2 × 14′.5[2]
Notable features-
Other designations
UGC 668,[2] DDO 8,[2] PGC 3844,[2] Caldwell 51
Amateur photography of IC 1613.

IC 1613 is a member of the Local Group.[7] It has played an important role in the calibration of the Cepheid variable period-luminosity relation for estimating distances.[8] Other than the Magellanic Clouds, it is the only Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy where RR Lyrae-type variables have been observed; this factor, along with an unusually low abundance of interstellar dust both within IC 1613 and along the line of sight enable especially accurate distance estimates.,[7][9]

In 1999, Cole et al.[7] used the Hubble Space Telescope to find that the dominant population of this galaxy has an age of ~7 Gyr. Using its Hess diagram, they found that its evolutionary history may be similar to that of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy. Both galaxies are classified as Ir V in the DDO system. Also in 1999, Antonello et al. found five cepheids of Population II in IC 1613, giving self-evident support for the existence of a very old stellar population component of IC 1613. In 1999, King, Modjaz, & Li discovered the first nova ever detected in IC 1613.[10]

IC 1613 contains a WO star known as DR1, the only one so far detected further away than the Magellanic Clouds.[11] The galaxy also contains a Luminous Blue Variable candidate,[12] and a rich population of OB-type[13] stars and OB associations.[14]

References
  1. "The Milky Way's Clean and Tidy Galactic Neighbour". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for IC 1613. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
  3. I. D. Karachentsev; V. E. Karachentseva; W. K. Hutchmeier; D. I. Makarov (2004). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". Astronomical Journal. 127 (4): 2031–2068. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2031K. doi:10.1086/382905.
  4. Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). "Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field". Astrophysics. 49 (1): 3–18. Bibcode:2006Ap.....49....3K. doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6.
  5. Cole, Andrew A.; Tolstoy, Eline; Gallagher III, John S.; Hoessel, John G.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Saha, Abhijit; Ballester, Gilda E.; Burrows, Christopher J.; Clarke, John T.; Crisp, David (October 1999). "Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (4): 1657–1670. arXiv:astro-ph/9905350. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.1657C. doi:10.1086/301042.
  6. Cole, Andrew A.; Tolstoy, Eline; Gallagher III, John S.; Hoessel, John G.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Saha, Abhijit; Ballester, Gilda E.; Burrows, Christopher J.; Clarke, John T.; Crisp, David (October 1999). "Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (4): 1657–1670. arXiv:astro-ph/9905350. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.1657C. doi:10.1086/301042.
  7. Cole, Andrew A.; Tolstoy, Eline; Gallagher, John S., III; Hoessel, John G.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Saha, Abhijit; Ballester, Gilda E.; Burrows, Christopher J.; Clarke, John T.; Crisp, David; Griffiths, Richard E.; Grillmair, Carl J.; Hester, Jeff J.; Krist, John E.; Meadows, Vikki; Scowen, Paul A.; Stapelfeldt, Karl R.; Trauger, John T.; Watson, Alan M.; Westphal, James R. (1999). "Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (4): 1657–1670. arXiv:astro-ph/9905350. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.1657C. doi:10.1086/301042.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Cole, Andrew A.; Tolstoy, Eline; Gallagher III, John S.; Hoessel, John G.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Holtzman, Jon A.; Saha, Abhijit; Ballester, Gilda E.; Burrows, Christopher J.; Clarke, John T.; Crisp, David (October 1999). "Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (4): 1657–1670. doi:10.1086/301042.
  9. "The Milky Way's Clean and Tidy Galactic Neighbour".
  10. van den Bergh, Sidney (April 2000). "Updated Information on the Local Group". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 112 (770): 529–536. arXiv:astro-ph/0001040. Bibcode:2000PASP..112..529V. doi:10.1086/316548.
  11. Tramper, F.; Straal, S. M.; Sanyal, D.; Sana, H.; De Koter, A.; Gräfener, G.; Langer, N.; Vink, J. S.; De Mink, S. E.; Kaper, L. (2015). "Massive stars on the verge of exploding: The properties of oxygen sequence Wolf-Rayet stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 581: A110. arXiv:1507.00839. Bibcode:2015A&A...581A.110T. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425390.
  12. Herrero, A.; Garcia, M.; Uytterhoeven, K.; Najarro, F.; Lennon, D. J.; Vink, J. S.; Castro, N. (2010). "The nature of V39: an LBV candidate or LBV impostor in the very low metallicity galaxy IC 1613?". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 513: A70. arXiv:1003.0875. Bibcode:2010A&A...513A..70H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913562. ISSN 0004-6361.
  13. Garcia, M.; Herrero, A. (2013). "The young stellar population of IC 1613". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 551: A74. arXiv:1211.4582. Bibcode:2013A&A...551A..74G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219977. ISSN 0004-6361.
  14. Garcia, M.; Herrero, A.; Castro, N.; Corral, L.; Rosenberg, A. (2012). "The young stellar population of IC 1613". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 523. arXiv:1211.4582. Bibcode:2010A&A...523A..23G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015243. ISSN 0004-6361.

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