We present deep imaging of the most distant dwarf discovered by the Dark Energy Survey, Eridanus II (Eri II). Our Magellan/ Megacam stellar photometry reaches similar to 3 mag deeper than previous work and allows us to confirm the presence of a stellar cluster whose position is consistent with Eri II's center. This makes Eri II, at M-V = -7.1, the least luminous galaxy known to host a (possibly central) cluster. The cluster is partially resolved, and at MV = -3.5 it accounts for similar to 4% of Eri II's luminosity. We derive updated structural parameters for Eri II, which has a half-light radius of similar to 280 pc and is elongated (epsilon similar to 0.48) at a measured distance of D similar to 370 kpc. The color-magnitude diagram displays a blue, extended horizontal branch, as well as a less populated red horizontal branch. A central concentration of stars brighter than the old main-sequence turnoff hints at a possible intermediate-age (similar to 3 Gyr) population; alternatively, these sources could be blue straggler stars. A deep Green Bank Telescope observation of Eri II reveals no associated atomic gas.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/621260 |
| Date | 08 June 2016 |
| Creators | Crnojević, D., Sand, D. J., Zaritsky, D., Spekkens, K., Willman, B., Hargis, J. R. |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ |
| Publisher | IOP PUBLISHING LTD |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Relation | http://stacks.iop.org/2041-8205/824/i=1/a=L14?key=crossref.f787c50a6e5fb050a72f60faa6aeb1ca |
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