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We explore the age distribution of the globular cluster (GC) system of the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 using ultraviolet (UV) photometry from Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) observations, with UV - optical colors used as the age…

We have analysed the globular cluster (GC) system of the nucleated dwarf elliptical galaxy VCC 1087 in the Virgo cluster, based on Keck/LRIS spectroscopy and archival HST/ACS imaging. We estimate VCC 1087 hosts a total population of 77+/-19…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael A. Beasley , Jay Strader , Jean P. Brodie , A. Javier Cenarro , M Geha

Globular clusters at the distance of M31 have apparent angular sizes of a few arcseconds. While many M31 GCs have been detected and studied from ground-based images, the high spatial resolution of HST allows much more robust detection and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Barmby , J. P. Huchra

We present spectroscopic ages, metallicities, and [alpha/Fe] ratios for 70 globular clusters in M31 that were derived from Lick line-index measurements. In addition to a population of old (>10 Gyr) globular clusters with a wide range of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas H. Puzia , Kathy M. Perrett , Terry J. Bridges

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

The number of known globular clusters in the Galactic bulge has been increasing steadily thanks to different new surveys. The aim of this study is to provide a census of the newly revealed globular clusters in the Galactic bulge, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-06 E. Bica , S. Ortolani , B. Barbuy , R. A. P. Oliveira

We have performed a spectroscopic study of globular clusters (GCs) in the giant elliptical NGC 5128 using the 2dF facility at the Anglo-Australian telescope. We obtained integrated optical spectra for a total of 254 GCs, 79 of which are…

We present a new photometric catalogue of the rich globular cluster (GC) system around M87, the brightest cluster galaxy in Virgo. Using archival Next Generation Virgo cluster Survey (NGVS) images in the ugriz bands, observed with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-24 L. J. Oldham , M. W. Auger

We used the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope to search for globular clusters in the inner regions of the nearby giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128. This galaxy is believed to be the product of a merger between a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Stephen Holland , Pat Cote , James E. Hesser

In this paper, we present photometry of 53 globular clusters (GCs) in the M31 outer halo, including the {\sl GALEX} FUV and NUV, SDSS $ugriz$, 15 intermediate-band filters of BATC, and 2MASS $JHK_{\rm s}$ bands. By comparing the multicolour…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-06 Song Wang , Jun Ma , Jifeng Liu

A subset of 150 globular clusters in M87 has been selected on the basis of S/N ratio for abundance and age determinations from the sample of Paper I. Indices measuring the strength of the strongest spectral features were determined for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Judith G. Cohen , John P. Blakeslee , Anton Ryzhov

With the aim of increasing the sample of M31 clusters for which a colour magnitude diagram is available, we searched the HST archive for ACS images containing objects included in the Revised Bologna Catalogue of M31 globular clusters.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Sibilla Perina , Luciana Federici , Michele Bellazzini , Carla Cacciari , Flavio Fusi Pecci , Silvia Galleti

We present a study of the globular cluster systems of four early-type poststarburst galaxies using deep g and I-band images from the ACS camera aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). All the galaxies feature shells distributed around…

We compare the results on the chemical composition of four globular clusters (GCs) in M31 (Bol 6, Bol 20, Bol 45, and Bol 50) (Maricheva M. 2021). Study of integrated spectra of four globular clusters in M31. Astrophys. Bull. 76:389-404.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-22 Sharina M. E. , Maricheva M.

This paper supplements Jiang et al. (2003), who studied 172 M31 globular clusters (GCs) and globular cluster candidates from Battistini et al. (1987) on the basis of integrated photometric measurements in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jun Ma , Zhou Fan , Richard de Grijs , Zhenyu Wu , Xu Zhou , Jianghua Wu

Globular clusters (GCs) are important tools to rebuild the accretion history of a galaxy. There are newly discovered GCs in the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy, that can be used as probes of the accretion event onto the Milky Way (MW). Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-04 E. R. Garro , D. Minniti , M. Gómez , J. Alonso-García

Globular Clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way represent the ideal laboratory to establish the age of the oldest stellar populations and to measure the color-magnitude relation of stars. Infrared (IR) photometry of these objects provides a new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Matteo Correnti , Mario Gennaro , Jason S. Kalirai , Roger E. Cohen , Thomas M. Brown

We present a study of the metallicity and age of the globular clusters system of M49 (NGC 4472), the most luminous galaxy in the Virgo cluster. We measure Lick indices for 47 GCs in M49 from LRIS/Keck spectra and establish their metallicity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Judith G. Cohen , J. P. Blakeslee , P. Cote

We present VLT/FORS2 spectroscopic observations of globular clusters (GCs) in five low surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxies: KK211 and KK221, which are both dwarf spheroidal satellites (dSph) of NGC 5128, dSph KK84 located close to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Thomas H. Puzia , Margarita E. Sharina

We present results derived from VLT-FORS2 spectra of 17 globular clusters associated with the nearby lenticular galaxy NGC3115. Comparing line-strength indices to new stellar population models by Thomas et al. we determine ages,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Harald Kuntschner , Bodo L. Ziegler , R. M. Sharples , Guy Worthey , Klaus J. Fricke