Adding SITELLE [O II] to PHANGS-MUSE for 556 H II regions recovers known metallicity-calibration offsets, shows <0.03–0.04 dex gradient scatter for many methods, and favors [S III]/[S II] as a robust ionization tracer.
The Extragalactic Distance Database: Color-Magnitude Diagrams
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The CMDs/TRGB (Color-Magnitude Diagrams/Tip of the Red Giant Branch) section of the Extragalactic Distance Database contains a compilation of observations of nearby galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope. Approximately 250 (and increasing) galaxies in the Local Volume have CMDs and the stellar photometry tables used to produce them available through the web. Various stellar populations that make up a galaxy are visible in the CMDs, but our primary purpose for collecting and analyzing these galaxy images is to measure the TRGB in each. We can estimate the distance to a galaxy by using stars at the TRGB as standard candles. In this paper we describe the process of constructing the CMDs and make the results available to the public.
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Exploring the synergies of $[\mathrm{O\,II}]\lambda 3727$ with MUSE spectroscopy in PHANGS H II regions
Adding SITELLE [O II] to PHANGS-MUSE for 556 H II regions recovers known metallicity-calibration offsets, shows <0.03–0.04 dex gradient scatter for many methods, and favors [S III]/[S II] as a robust ionization tracer.