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We have used deep I-band (F814W) images from the HST archive to study the globular cluster systems around the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in Abell 262, 3560, 3565 and 3742. Three of these BCGs have inner dust lanes and peculiar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Waldemar M. Okon , William E. Harris

We present a study of globular clusters in the inner region of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4472, based on the HST WFPC2 archive data. We have found about 1560 globular cluster candidates at the galactocentric radius r < 4 arcmin.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Myung Gyoon Lee , Eunhyeuk Kim

We present an analysis of archival {\it HST/ACS} imaging in the F475W ($g_{475}$), F606W ($V_{606}$) and F814W ($I_{814}$) bands of the globular cluster (GC) system of a large (3.4 kpc effective radius) ultra-diffuse galaxy (DF17) believed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-12 Michael A. Beasley , Ignacio Trujillo

We have obtained high-res, high S/N ratio CCD echelle spectra of 10 bright red giants in 3 GCs (47Tuc, NGC6752 and NGC6397) roughly spanning the range of metallicities of the galactic GC system; they reveal no evidence of star to star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-28 E. Carretta , R. G. Gratton

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry is providing an extensive analysis of globular clusters (GCs). In particular, the pseudo two-colour diagram dubbed 'chromosome map (ChM)' allowed to detect and characterize their multiple populations…

(ABRIDGED) The ACS camera on board the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to obtain deep images of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 3610, a well-established dissipative galaxy merger remnant. These observations supersede previous WFPC2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Paul Goudfrooij , Francois Schweizer , Diane Gilmore , Bradley C. Whitmore

We present a photometric study of the prototype merger remnant NGC 3610 and its globular cluster (GC) system, based on new GEMINI/GMOS and ACS/HST archival images. Thanks to the large FOV of our GMOS data, larger than previous studies, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-10 Lilia P. Bassino , Juan P. Caso

Deep JWST imaging of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 2744, at redshift $z=0.308$, is used to explore the features of its rich population of globular clusters (GCs), building on our initial survey of the system (Harris & Reina-Campos 2023).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-18 William E. Harris , Marta Reina-Campos

We have obtained intermediate-resolution VLT spectroscopy of 75 globular cluster candidates around the Sa galaxy M104 (NGC4594). Fifty-seven candidates out to ~ 40 kpc in the halo of the galaxy were confirmed to be bona-fide globular…

We use multi-pointing HST ACS and wide field Subaru Suprime-Cam imaging to study the globular cluster system of the L* elliptical galaxy NGC 4278. We have also obtained a handful of new globular cluster spectra with Keck/DEIMOS. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-26 Christopher Usher , Duncan A. Forbes , Lee R. Spitler , Jean P. Brodie , Aaron J. Romanowsky , Jay Strader , Kristin A. Woodley

High-resolution Hubble Space Telescope (\textit{HST}) optical observations have been used to perform the deepest photometric study of the poorly studied Galactic globular cluster NGC 6284. The deep colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) that we…

We have completely mapped the globular cluster NGC 1851 with VI CCD photometry, obtaining a CMD for ca. 20500 stars. From the apparent luminosity of the HB we derive a distance modulus (m-M)o=15.44+/-0.20. The presence of 7 "supra-HB" stars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Saviane , G. Piotto , F. Fagotto , S. Zaggia , M. Capaccioli , A. Aparicio

We present a kinematic analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system in the giant elliptical galaxy (gE) M60 in the Virgo cluster. Using the photometric and spectroscopic database of 121 GCs (83 blue GCs and 38 red GCs), we have investigated…

We study the globular cluster (GC) populations of 21 giant elliptical galaxies in 19 Abell clusters. This method, applied here primarily in the R band, is based on the surface brightness fluctuations technique of extragalactic distance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 John P. Blakeslee , John L. Tonry , Mark R. Metzger

Using HST images we have carried out a study of cluster populations in the nearby S0 galaxy NGC 1023. In two WFPC2 pointings we have identified 221 cluster candidates. The small distance (~9 Mpc) combined with deep F555W and F814W images…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Soeren S. Larsen , Jean P. Brodie

We present the combined results of two investigations: a large-scale study of the globular cluster system (GCS) around NGC 1399, the central galaxy of the Fornax cluster, and a study of the GCSs around NGC 1374, NGC 1379 and NGC 1387, three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. P. Bassino , T. Richtler , F. R. Faifer , J. C. Forte , B. Dirsch , D. Geisler , Y. Schuberth

We present a study of the globular cluster systems of two edge-on spiral galaxies, NGC4565 and NGC5907, from WFPC2 images in the F450W and F814W filters. The globular cluster systems of both galaxies appear to be similar to the Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Markus Kissler-Patig , Keith M. Ashman , Stephen E. Zepf , Kenneth C. Freeman

Luminous elliptical galaxies generally display a rich star cluster system, whose properties provide strong constraints on the physics of galaxy formation and evolution. Star cluster system studies, however, concentrate on galaxies located…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. X. Santiago

We present new metallicity estimates for globular cluster (GC) candidates in the Sd spiral NGC 300, one of the nearest spiral galaxies outside the Local Group. We have obtained optical spectroscopy for 44 Sculptor Group GC candidates with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-24 J. B. Nantais , J. P. Huchra , P. Barmby , K. A. G. Olsen

We present a deep VLT photometry in the regions surrounding the two dominant galaxies of the Antlia cluster, the giant ellipticals NGC 3258 and NGC 3268. We construct the luminosity functions of their globular cluster systems (GCSs) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lilia P. Bassino , Tom Richtler , Boris Dirsch