Title
Proper motions for HST observations in three off-axis bulge fields
Date Issued
01 February 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Soto M.
Kuijken K.
Rich R.M.
Kunder A.
Astraatmadja T.
Universidad de Chile
Abstract
Aims. This is the second in a series of papers that attempt to unveil the kinematic structure of the Galactic bulge through studying radial velocities and proper motions. We report here ~15 000 new proper motions for three low foreground-extinction off-axis fields of the Galactic bulge. Methods. Proper motions were derived from a combination of Hubble Space TelescopeWide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) images taken 8 and 9 years apart, and they reach accuracies better than 0.9 mas yr-1 for more than ~10 000 objects with magnitudes F814W ≤ 24. Results. The proper motion distributions in these fields are similar to those of Galactic minor axis bulge fields.We observe the rotation of main sequence stars below the turn-off within the Galactic bulge, as in the minor axis fields. Conclusions. Our stellar proper motions measurements show a significant bulge rotation for fields as far from the Galactic plane as b ≈ -8°. © ESO 2014.
Volume
562
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de la materia condensada Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84893601562
Source
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN of the container
00046361, 14320746
Sponsor(s)
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the data archive at the Space Telescope Institute. STScI is operated by the association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under the NASA contract NAS 5-26555. M.S. acknowledges support by Fondecyt project 3110188 and Comité Mixto ESO- Chile. R.M.R. acknowledges funding from GO-9816 and from AST-0709479 from the National Science Foundation. This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1066293 and by the hospitality of the Aspen Center for Physics.
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