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2014ApJ...793L..14M - Astrophys. J., 793, L14 (2014/September-3)

Spectroscopy of the three distant andromedan satellites Cassiopeia III, Lacerta I, and Perseus I.

MARTIN N.F., CHAMBERS K.C., COLLINS M.L.M., IBATA R.A., RICH R.M., BELL E.F., BERNARD E.J., FERGUSON A.M.N., FLEWELLING H., KAISER N., MAGNIER E.A., TONRY J.L. and WAINSCOAT R.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present Keck II/DEIMOS spectroscopy of the three distant dwarf galaxies of M31 Lacerta I, Cassiopeia III, and Perseus I, recently discovered within the Pan-STARRS1 3π imaging survey. The systemic velocities of the three systems (v_r, helio_= -198.4±1.1 km/s, -371.6±0.7 km/s, and -326±3 km/s, respectively) confirm that they are satellites of M31. In the case of Lacerta I and Cassiopeia III, the high quality of the data obtained for 126 and 212 member stars, respectively, yields reliable constraints on their global velocity dispersions (σvr= 10.3±0.9 km/s and 8.4±0.6 km/s, respectively), leading to dynamical-mass estimates for both of ∼4x107 M☉ within their half-light radius. These translate to V-band mass-to-light ratios of 15–9+12 and 8–5+9 in solar units. We also use our spectroscopic data to determine the average metallicity of the three dwarf galaxies ([Fe/H] = -2.0±0.1, -1.7±0.1, and -2.0±0.2, respectively). All these properties are typical of dwarf galaxy satellites of Andromeda with their luminosity and size.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: individual: (Cas III, Lac I, Per I) - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - Local Group

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