HUBBLE TARANTULA TREASURY PROJECT. III. PHOTOMETRIC CATALOG AND RESULTING CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROGRESSION OF STAR FORMATION IN THE 30 DORADUS REGION

Journal Article · Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/222/1/11· OSTI ID:22520022

Sabbi, E.; Anderson, J.; Cignoni, M.; Marel, R. P. van der; Panagia, N.; Sana, H.; Aloisi, A.; Arab, H.; Gordon, K. ^[1]; Lennon, D. J. ^[2]; Zaritsky, D. ^[3]; Marchi, G. De ^[4]; Gouliermis, D. A. ^[5]; Grebel, E. K. ^[6]; III, J. S. Gallagher ^[7]; Smith, L. J. ^[8]; Tosi, M. ^[9]; Evans, C. J. ^[10]; Boyer, M. ^[11]; Mink, S. E. de, ^[12] ; others, and

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1. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218 (United States)
2. ESA—European Space Astronomy Center, Apdo. de Correo 78, E-28691 Associate Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid (Spain)
3. Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)
4. Space Science Department, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk (Netherlands)
5. Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, D-69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
6. Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Mönchhofstr. 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
7. Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, 475 North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
8. ESA/STScI, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218 (United States)
9. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
10. UK Astronomy Technology Center, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ (United Kingdom)
11. Observational Cosmology Lab, Code 665, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771 (United States)
12. Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek,”University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94249, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam (Netherlands)

We present and describe the astro-photometric catalog of more than 800,000 sources found in the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project (HTTP). HTTP is a Hubble Space Telescope Treasury program designed to image the entire 30 Doradus region down to the sub-solar (∼0.5 M{sub ⊙}) mass regime using the Wide Field Camera 3 and the Advanced Camera for Surveys. We observed 30 Doradus in the near-ultraviolet (F275W, F336W), optical (F555W, F658N, F775W), and near-infrared (F110W, F160W) wavelengths. The stellar photometry was measured using point-spread function fitting across all bands simultaneously. The relative astrometric accuracy of the catalog is 0.4 mas. The astro-photometric catalog, results from artificial star experiments, and the mosaics for all the filters are available for download. Color–magnitude diagrams are presented showing the spatial distributions and ages of stars within 30 Dor as well as in the surrounding fields. HTTP provides the first rich and statistically significant sample of intermediate- and low-mass pre-main sequence candidates and allows us to trace how star formation has been developing through the region. The depth and high spatial resolution of our analysis highlight the dual role of stellar feedback in quenching and triggering star formation on the giant H ii region scale. Our results are consistent with stellar sub-clustering in a partially filled gaseous nebula that is offset toward our side of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

• OSTI ID: 22520022
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 222, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0067-0049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
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CAMERAS
CATALOGS
COLOR
FEEDBACK
LIMITING VALUES
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
MASS
NEBULAE
PHOTOMETRY
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
STAR CLUSTERS
STAR DETECTOR
STARS
TELESCOPES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION