Dorado and its member galaxies. Ha imaging of the group backbone

Abstract

ABRIDGED: Dorado is a nearby, rich and clumpy galaxy group that extends for several degrees in the Southern Hemisphere. For the first time, we map the Ha distribution as a possible indicator of star formation (SF) activity of Dorado members a large fraction of which show interaction and merging signatures. With the 2.5m du Pont and the 1m Swope telescopes we obtained narrow-band, calibrated images of 14 galaxies, forming the backbone of the group, mapping Ha+[N II] down to few 10${}^{-17}$ erg~cm${}^{-2}$~s${}^{-1}$~arcsec${}^{-2}$. We estimated the galaxy star formation rate (SFR) from the Ha fluxes, corrected for Galaxy foreground extinction and [N II] contamination. Ha+[N II] emission has been detected in all galaxies. HII regions clearly emerge in late-type galaxies (LTGs) , while in early-type galaxies (ETGs) the Ha+[N II] emission is dominated by [N II], especially in the central regions. However, HII complexes are also revealed in four ETGs. Considering the Dorado group as a whole, we notice that the Ha+[N II] equivalent width, a measure of the specific SF, increases with the morphological type, from early to late-type members, although it remains lower that what observed in similar surveys of spiral galaxies. The SFR of the spiral members is in the range of what observed in similar galaxies surveys James+ (2004), although, in three spirals the SFR is well below the median for their morphological classes. The SFR of some early-type members tends, at odds, to be higher than the average derived from Ha+[N II] surveys of this morphological family. We detected in Ha+[N II] all the ETGs observed and half of them show HII regions. These findings suggest that ETGs in this group are not dead galaxies: their SF has not shut down yet. Mechanisms such as gas stripping and gas accretion, through galaxy-galaxy interaction, seem relevant in modifying the SF in this evolutionary phase of Dorado.

arXiv comment21 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics

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