Table · dataset · 2026
NGVS. III. Surface brightness fluctuation dist.
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The surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) method is a robust and efficient way of measuring distances to galaxies containing evolved stellar populations.
Description
Although many recent applications of the method have used space-based imaging, SBF remains a powerful technique for ground-based telescopes. Deep, wide-field imaging surveys with subarcsecond seeing enable SBF measurements for numerous nearby galaxies.
Using a preliminary calibration, Cantiello+ 2018ApJ...856..126C presented SBF distances for 89 bright, mainly early-type galaxies observed in the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. Here we present a refined calibration and SBF distances for 278 galaxies extending several magnitudes fainter than in previous work. The derived distances have uncertainties of 5%-12% depending on the properties of the individual galaxies, and our sample is more than 3 times larger than any previous SBF study of this region.
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Virgo has a famously complex structure with numerous subclusters, clouds, and groups; we associate individual galaxies with the various substructures and map their three-dimensional spatial distribution. Curiously, subcluster A, centered around M87, appears to have two peaks in distance: the main peak at ~16.5Mpc, and a smaller one at ~19.4Mpc. Subclusters B and C have distances of ~15.8Mpc.
The W and W' groups form a filament-like structure, extending more than 15Mpc behind the cluster with a commensurate velocity increase of ~1000km/s along its length. These measurements are a valuable resource for future studies of the relationship between galaxy properties and local environment within a dynamic and evolving region.
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- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/966/145 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2024ApJ...966..145C ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ApJ...966..145C ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
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- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/apj/966/145 ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Optical
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Astronomical sciences 69% · Imaging 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
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