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The dependence of the luminosity function of cluster galaxies on the evolutionary state of the parent cluster is still an open issue, in particular as concern the formation/evolution of the brightest cluster galaxies. We plan to study the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Barrena , M. Girardi , W. Boschin , F. Mardirossian

We describe a new, deep photographic survey of the Virgo Cluster which uses multiple exposures on Tech Pan film with the United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope to probe the dwarf population to fainter surface brightness limits than previous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. B. Jones , S. Phillipps , J. M. Schwartzenberg , Q. A. Parker

The Fornax Cluster Spectroscopic Survey (FCSS) project utilises the 2dF multi-object spectrograph on the AAT. Its aim is to obtain spectra for a complete sample of all 14000 objects with 16.5<bj<19.7 irrespective of their morphology in a 12…

We present theoretical constraints for the formation of the newly discovered dark star clusters (DSCs) with high mass-to-light (M/L) ratios, from Taylor et al (2015). These compact stellar systems photometrically resemble globular clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-07 Mia Sauda Bovill , Thomas H. Puzia , Massimo Ricotti , Matthew A. Taylor

We present results from a deep photometric study of the rich galaxy cluster Abell 2218 (z=0.18) based on archival HST WFPC2 F606W images. These have been used to derive the luminosity function to extremely faint limits (M_{F606W}=-13.2 mag,…

The results of an Halpha photometric survey of 30 dwarf galaxies of various morphologies in the Centaurus A and Sculptor groups are presented. Of these 30, emission was detected in 13: eight are of late-type, two are early-type and three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Bouchard , G. S. Da Costa , H. Jerjen

Strongly star-forming galaxies are prolific in producing the young and most massive star clusters (YMCs) still forming today. This work investigates the star cluster luminosity functions (CLFs, dN/dL ~ L^{-alpha}) of 26 starburst and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 Z. Randriamanakoto , P. Vaisanen , P. Ranaivomanana , R. Ramphul , E. Kankare , S. Mattila , S. D. Ryder , J. Kotilainen

We present our discovery and analysis of dwarf galaxies in the NGC 3585 galaxy group by the KMTNet Supernova Program. Using deep stack images reaching $\simeq$ 28 mag arcsec$^{-2}$ in $BVI$, we discovered 46 dwarf galaxy candidates…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Hong Soo Park , Dae-Sik Moon , Dennis Zaritsky , Sang Chul Kim , Youngdae Lee , Sang-Mok Cha , Yongseok Lee

We study a sample of 5 dwarf irregular galaxies in the CenA/M83 group, which are companions to the giant elliptical CenA. We aim at deriving their physical properties over their lifetime and compare them to those of dwarfs located in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 D. Crnojević , E. K. Grebel , A. A. Cole

The globular cluster luminosity function, specific globular cluster frequency, S_N, specific globular cluster mass, T_MP, and globular cluster mass fraction in dwarf elliptical galaxies are explored using the full 69 galaxy sample of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bryan W. Miller , Jennifer M. Lotz

We present the photometric properties of 2210 newly identified dwarf galaxy candidates in the MATLAS fields. The Mass Assembly of early Type gaLAxies with their fine Structures (MATLAS) deep imaging survey mapped $\sim$142 deg$^2$ of the…

From R-band images of 39 Hickson compact groups (HCGs), we use galaxy counts to determine a luminosity function extending to M_R=-14.0, approximately two magnitudes deeper than previous compact group luminosity functions. We find that a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Sally D. Hunsberger , Jane C. Charlton , Dennis Zaritsky

We obtain R-band photometry for galaxies in six nearby poor groups for which we have spectroscopic data, including 328 new galaxy velocities. For the five groups with luminous X-ray halos, the composite group galaxy luminosity function…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ann I. Zabludoff , John S. Mulchaey

We present I-band Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) measurements for 15 early type galaxies (3 giants, 12 dwarfs) in the central region of the Centaurus cluster, based on VLT FORS1 imaging data. From the SBF-distances to our sample…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Mieske , M. Hilker

We present a photometric catalog (based on V and I photometry) of galaxies in the central regions of the Fornax galaxy cluster. Our 11 CCD fields cover 0.17 degrees in total. The limiting surface brightness is around 24 mag arsec^-2,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Hilker , M. Kissler-Patig , T. Richtler , L. Infante , H. Quintana

Using $\sim 100$ X-ray selected clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification data, we constrain the luminosity function (LF) of cluster red sequence galaxies as a function of redshift. This is the first homogeneous optical/X-ray…

We present $BVI$ surface photometry of 31 dwarf galaxy candidates discovered in a deep image stack from the KMTNet Supernova Program of $\sim$ 30 square degrees centered on the nearby NGC 2784 galaxy group. Our final images have a 3$\sigma$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-11 Hong Soo Park , Dae-Sik Moon , Dennis Zaritsky , Mina Pak , Jae-Joon Lee , Sang Chul Kim , Dong-Jin Kim , Sang-Mok Cha

We present results from a wide-area photometric survey of the Phoenix dwarf galaxy, one of the rare dwarf irregular/ dwarf spheroidal transition type galaxies (dTs) of the Local Group (LG). These objects offer the opportunity to study the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Giuseppina Battaglia , Marina Rejkuba , Eline Tolstoy , Mike Irwin , Giacomo Beccari

Galaxy evolution by interaction driven transformation is probably highly efficient in groups of galaxies. Dwarf galaxies with their shallow potential are expected to reflect the interaction most prominently in their observable structure.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 U. Hopp , J. Vennik
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