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The halo masses $M_{halo}$ of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies are critical measurements for understanding their formation processes. One promising method to estimate a galaxy's $M_{halo}$ is to exploit the empirical scaling relation…

We report the analysis of HST WFPC2 F606W images of 40 spirals belonging to the sample introduced in Carollo et al. (paper I), where 35 other targets were discussed. We describe the optical morphology of the new 40 galaxies, derive the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. M. Carollo , M. Stiavelli , J. Mack

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

[Abridged] HST WFPC2 images were taken of four low surface brightness galaxies in the direction of the Virgo cluster. The high resolution of the WFPC2 combined with the extremely diffuse nature of the four galaxies makes them essentially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Karen O'Neil , G. D. Bothun , C. D. Impey

We report the discovery of 23 globular cluster (GC) candidates around the relatively isolated dwarf galaxy IC 2574 within the Messier 81 (M81) group, at a distance of 3.86 Mpc. We use observations from the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-28 Noushin Karim , Michelle L. M. Collins , Duncan A. Forbes , Justin I. Read

We present Hubble Space Telescope photometry in optical (F475X) and near-infrared (F110W) bands of the globular cluster (GC) systems of the inner halos of a sample of 15 massive elliptical galaxies. The targets are selected from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-06 Kate Hartman , William E. Harris , John P. Blakeslee , Chung-Pei Ma , Jenny E. Greene

We increase the sample of ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in lower density environments with characterized globular cluster (GC) populations using new Hubble Space Telescope observations of nine UDGs in group environments. While the bulk of…

Shells in Elliptical Galaxies are faint, sharp-edged features, believed to provide evidence of a recent ($\sim 0.5 - 2 \times 10^9$ years ago) merger event. We analyse the Globular Cluster (GC) systems of six shell elliptical galaxies, to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Sikkema , R. F. Peletier , D. Carter , E. A. Valentijn , M. Balcells

We examine the properties of a previously discovered population of globular clusters in the heart of the rich galaxy cluster Abell 1185 that might be intergalactic in nature. Deep images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Michael J. West , Andres Jordan , John P. Blakeslee , Patrick Cote , Michael D. Gregg , Marianne Takamiya , Ronald O. Marzke

Data are presently available on the luminosities and half-light radii of 101 globular clusters associated with low-luminosity parent galaxies. The luminosity distribution of globulars embedded in dwarf galaxies having $M_{v} > -16$ is found…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sidney van den Bergh

We analyse a sample of about 2000 galaxies in 40 regular clusters, to look for evidence of segregation with respect to galaxy luminosities and morphological types. We find evidence of luminosity segregation for galaxies brighter than $M_R <…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Adami , A. Biviano , A. Mazure

We have studied globular cluster systems (GCSs) around elliptical galaxies in Hickson compact groups using multi-band deep, high quality images from Keck, VLT and CFHT. Analyzing the luminosity functions, specific frequencies, color and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Da Rocha , C. Mendes de Oliveira , M. Bolte , B. L. Ziegler , T. H. Puzia

1057 globular cluster candidates have been identified in a WFPC2 image of the inner region of M87. The Globular Cluster Luminosity Function (GCLF) can be well fit by a Gaussian profile with a mean value of m_V^0=23.67 +/- 0.07 mag and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 A. Kundu , B. C. Whitmore , W. B. Sparks , F. D. Macchetto , S. E. Zepf , K. M. Ashman

The proper motions of stars in the outskirts of globular clusters are used to estimate cluster velocity dispersion profiles as far as possible within their tidal radii. We use individual color-magnitude diagrams to select high probability…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 Raymond G. Carlberg , Carl J. Grillmair

Fifty-seven nearby low surface brightness dwarf galaxies were searched for globular cluster candidates (GCCs) using Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 imaging in V and I. The sample consists of 18 dwarf spheroidal (dSph), 36 irregular (dIrr), and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Margarita E. Sharina , Thomas H. Puzia , Dmitry I. Makarov

The properties of globular clusters in dwarf galaxies are key to understanding the formation of globular cluster systems, and in particular in verifying scenarios in which globular cluster systems of larger galaxies formed (at least partly)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Thomas H. Puzia , Markus Kissler-Patig , Jean P. Brodie , Linda L. Schroder

We have investigated the global properties of the globular cluster (GC) systems of three early-type galaxies: the Virgo elliptical NGC4406, the field elliptical NGC3379, and the field S0 galaxy NGC4594. These galaxies were observed as part…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. L. Rhode , S. E. Zepf

We present B and I photometry for ~300 globular cluster candidates in NGC 1379, an E0 galaxy in the Fornax Cluster. Our data are from both Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based observations. The HST photometry (B only) is…

We compare the sizes and luminosities of 307 faint z=6-8 sources revealed by the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) program with sources in the nearby universe. Making use of the latest lensing models and data from the first four HFF clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-29 R. J. Bouwens , G. D. Illingworth , P. A. Oesch , M. Maseda , B. Ribeiro , M. Stefanon , D. Lam

We describe a search for compact dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster using the FLAIR spectrograph on the UK Schmidt Telescope. We measured radial velocities of 453 compact galaxies brighter than Bt=17.3 and found seven new compact dwarf…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. J. Drinkwater , M. D. Gregg