Deep imaging of the very isolated dwarf galaxy NGC6789
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| author | Trujillo, Ignacio Arencibia, Sergio Guerra Cejudo, Ignacio Ruiz Montes, Mireia Alarcon, Miguel R. Serra-Ricart, Miquel |
| author_facet | Trujillo, Ignacio Arencibia, Sergio Guerra Cejudo, Ignacio Ruiz Montes, Mireia Alarcon, Miguel R. Serra-Ricart, Miquel |
| contents | We present deep optical imaging of the extremely isolated dwarf galaxy NGC 6789, obtained with the new 2-meter Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT3) at Teide Observatory. Despite its location in the Local Void, NGC 6789 exhibits surprising recent central star formation equivalent to approximately 4% of its total stellar mass. The origin of the gas necessary for this level of star formation remains unknown. Our data reach surface brightness limits of 29.8, 29.4, and 28.9 mag arcsec$^{-2}$ in the Sloan g, r, and i filters, respectively, and reveal no evidence of tidal features or merger remnants down to $\sim$30 mag arcsec$^{-2}$ (or equivalently, at a radial distance larger than 1.6 kpc). The galaxy's undisturbed outer elliptical morphology suggests that its recent central star formation was likely produced by either in-situ residual gas or by the accretion of external pristine gas not associated with a minor merging activity. |
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| spellingShingle | Deep imaging of the very isolated dwarf galaxy NGC6789 Trujillo, Ignacio Arencibia, Sergio Guerra Cejudo, Ignacio Ruiz Montes, Mireia Alarcon, Miguel R. Serra-Ricart, Miquel Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics We present deep optical imaging of the extremely isolated dwarf galaxy NGC 6789, obtained with the new 2-meter Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT3) at Teide Observatory. Despite its location in the Local Void, NGC 6789 exhibits surprising recent central star formation equivalent to approximately 4% of its total stellar mass. The origin of the gas necessary for this level of star formation remains unknown. Our data reach surface brightness limits of 29.8, 29.4, and 28.9 mag arcsec$^{-2}$ in the Sloan g, r, and i filters, respectively, and reveal no evidence of tidal features or merger remnants down to $\sim$30 mag arcsec$^{-2}$ (or equivalently, at a radial distance larger than 1.6 kpc). The galaxy's undisturbed outer elliptical morphology suggests that its recent central star formation was likely produced by either in-situ residual gas or by the accretion of external pristine gas not associated with a minor merging activity. |
| title | Deep imaging of the very isolated dwarf galaxy NGC6789 |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07041 |