Archival HST study of novae. I. The Seyfert galaxy NGC 3627

Alis S., Saygac A. T.

NEW ASTRONOMY, cilt.17, sa.2, ss.101-107, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.newast.2011.07.005
  • Dergi Adı: NEW ASTRONOMY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.101-107
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A V-band nova search was carried out in NGC 3627 with archival Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 data which was obtained in the period between November 1997 and January 1998. A total of four novae candidates were discovered which corresponds to a global nova rate of R = 83.65 +/- 7.58 yr(-1). Taking into account the K-band luminosity obtained from 2MASS (Jarrett et al., 2003) yielded a luminosity specific nova rate (LSNR) of v(K) = 9.60 +/- 1.64 novae per year per 10(10)L(circle dot,K). Excluding one of the candidates which may be a long-period variable leads to a LSNR of v(K) = 7.20 +/- 1.23 novae per year per 10(10)L(circle dot,K). These values are higher than other known nova rates for external galaxies except the Magellanic Clouds. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.