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astro-ph2007★ 4 cited

Optical Variability of the Radio Source J 1128+5925

Jianghua Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +3

Very recently, J 1128+5925 was found to show strong intraday variability at radio wavelengths and may be a new source with annual modulation of the timescale of its radio variabili…

astro-ph2007★ 4 cited

Metal Abundance Properties of M81 Globular Cluster System

Jun Ma, David Burstein, Zhou Fan +5

This paper is the third in the series of papers on M81 globular clusters. In this paper, we present spatial and metal abundance properties of 95 M81 globular clusters, which compri…

astro-ph2007★ 32 cited

Structural Parameters of Mayall II = G1 in M31

J. Ma, R. de Grijs, D. Chen +6

Mayall II = G1 is one of the most luminous globular clusters (GCs) known in M31. New deep, high-resolution observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the {\sl Hubble Spac…

astro-ph2007★ 30 cited

BATC 13-band Photometry of Open Cluster NGC 7789

Zhen-Yu Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +3

We present 13-band CCD intermediate-band spectrophotometry of a field centered on the open cluster NGC 7789 from 400 to nearly 1000 nm, taken with Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticu…

astro-ph2006★ 26 cited

Age constraints for an M31 globular cluster from SEDs-fit

Jun Ma, Yanbin Yang, David Burstein +4

We have constrained the age of the globular cluster S312 in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) by comparing its multicolor photometry with theoretical stellar population synthesis models.…

astro-ph2006★ 71 cited

Optical Monitoring of BL Lacertae Object S5 0716+714 with a Novel Multi-Peak Interference Filter

Jianghua Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +3

We at first introduce a novel photometric system, which consists of a Schmidt telescope, an objective prism, a CCD camera, and, especially, a multi-peak interference filter. The mu…

astro-ph2006★ 16 cited

Membership Determination of Open Cluster M48 Based on BATC Thirteen-Band Photometry

Zhen-Yu Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +2

Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) multi-band photometric data in the field of open cluster M48 are used to determine its membership. By comparing observed spectral energy d…

astro-ph2006★ 14 cited

Evolution of Galaxy Luminosity Function and Luminosity Function by Density Environment at 0.03<z<0.5

Lifang Xia, Xu Zhou, Yanbin Yang +2

Using galaxy sample observed by the BATC large-field multi-color sky survey and galaxy data of SDSS in the overlapped fields, we study the dependence of the restframe -band gala…

astro-ph2006★ 37 cited

Optical Monitoring of BL Lacertae Object OJ 287: a 40-Day Period?

Jianghua Wu, Xu Zhou, Xuebing Wu +6

We present the results of our optical monitoring of the BL Lacertae object OJ 287 during the first half of 2005. The source did not show large-amplitude variations during this peri…

astro-ph2005★ 31 cited

Optical Photometry of Type II-P Supernova 2004dj in NGC 2403

Tianmeng Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, Weidong Li +4

We present photometric data of the type II-P supernova (SN) 2004dj in NGC 2403. The multicolor light curves cover the SN from 60 to 200 days after explosion, and are measure…

astro-ph2005★ 6 cited

Spectral Energy Distributions of M81 Globular Clusters in BATC Multicolor Survey

Jun Ma, Xu Zhou, David Burstein +4

In this paper, we give the spectral energy distributions of 42 M81 globular clusters in 13 intermediate-band filters from 4000 to 10000 A, using the CCD images of M81 observed as p…

astro-ph2005★ 21 cited

037-B327 in M31: Luminous Globular Cluster or Core of a Former Dwarf Spheroidal Companion to M31?

Jun Ma, Sidney van den Bergh, Hong Wu +6

037-B327 is of interest because it is both the most luminous and the most highly reddened cluster known in M31. Deep observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble…

astro-ph2005★ 12 cited

Identification of X-ray Point Sources and Study on the Nature of 62 X-ray Globular Cluster Candidates in M31

Zhou Fan, Jun Ma, Xu Zhou +3

This paper includes two parts. The first is to present the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 49 globular cluster (GC) X-ray sources in the BATC 13 intermediate-band filters f…

astro-ph2005★ 14 cited

Color and Metallicity Distributions of M81 Globular Clusters

Jun Ma, Xu Zhou, Jiansheng Chen +4

In this paper we present catalogs of photometric and spectroscopic data for M81 globular clusters (GCs). The catalogs include B- and V- photometric and reddening data of 95 GCs, an…

astro-ph2005★ 73 cited

Optical Monitoring of BL Lac Object S5 0716+714 with High Temporal Resolution

Jianghua Wu, Bo Peng, Xu Zhou +3

Optical monitoring of S5 0716+714 was performed with a 60/90 Schmidt telescope in 2003 November and December and 2004 January for studying the variability of the object on short ti…

astro-ph2004★ 9 cited

13 Color Photometry of Open Cluster M48

Zhen-Yu Wu, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +2

This paper presents 13 color CCD intermediate-band spectrophotometry of a field centered on the open cluster M48 (NGC 2548), from 400nm to nearly 1000nm, taken with Beijing-Arizona…

astro-ph2004★ 22 cited

The metallicity distribution of F/G dwarfs derived from BATC survey data

Cui-hua Du, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +4

Based on synthetic flux spectra calculated from theoretical atmospheric models, a calibration of temperature and metallicity for the dwarfs observed in the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-C…

astro-ph2004★ 22 cited

Optical Photometry of SN 1993J: Years 1995 to 2003

Tianmeng Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, Xu Zhou +4

In this paper, the late-time optical photometry of supernova (SN) 1993J in M81 from Feburary 1995 to Janurary 2003 is presented. The observations were performed in a set of interme…

astro-ph2004★ 4 cited

Multicolor Photometric Observations of Optical Candidates to Faint ROSAT X-ray Sources in a 1 deg field of the BATC Survey

Haotong Zhang, Suijian Xue, David Burstein +6

We present optical candidates for 75 X-ray sources in a deg overlapping region with the medium deep ROSAT survey. These candidates are selected using the multi-color C…

astro-ph2003★ 19 cited

Large-Field Multicolor Study of Abell 168 : Subclusters, Dynamics and Luminosity Functions

Yanbin Yang, Xu Zhou, Qirong Yuan +4

This paper presents a multicolor study of the nearby cluster of galaxies Abell 168 (z=0.045) with 13 intermediate-band filters in the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) filt…

astro-ph2003★ 29 cited

Multicolor Photometry of the Galaxies in Abell 2255 by the BATC and SDSS Surveys

Qirong Yuan, Xu Zhou, Zhaoji Jiang

We present our optical multicolor photometry for the nearby cluster of galaxies Abell 2255 with 13 intermediate filters in the BATC system. The spectral energy distributions (SEDs)…

astro-ph2003★ 17 cited

H-alpha +[NII] Observations of the HII Regions in M81

W. P. Lin, X. Zhou, D. Burstein +2

In a first of a series of studies of the H-alpha + [NII] emission from nearby spiral galaxies, we present measurements of H-alpha + [NII] emission from HII regions in M81. Our meth…

astro-ph2003★ 47 cited

Galactic structure studies with BATC star counts

Cuihua Du, Xu Zhou, Jun Ma +6

We report the first results of star counts carried out with the National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC) 60/90 cm Schmidt Telescope in 15 intermediate-band filters from 3000 to 1…

astro-ph2002

Spectral Energy and Age Distributions for 51 Globular Cluster Candidates

Jun Ma, Xu Zhou, Jiansheng Chen +5

This paper is the fourth in a series presenting spectrophotometry of 51 globular cluster candidates, that were detected by Mochejska et al. in the nearby galaxy M33 using the data…