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We investigate the color-magnitude relation for globular clusters (GCs) -- the so-called "blue tilt" -- detected in the ACS Fornax Cluster Survey and using the combined sample of GCs from the ACS Fornax and Virgo Cluster Surveys. We find a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Mieske , A. Jordan , P. Cote , E. Peng , L. Ferrarese , J. Blakeslee , S. Mei , H. Baumgardt , J. Tonry , L. Infante , M. West

Over the last ~5 years we have identified ~35 black hole candidates (BHCs) in M31 from their X-ray spectra. Our BHCs exhibited 0.3--10 keV spectra consistent with the X-ray binary (XB) hard state, at luminosities that are above the upper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 R. Barnard , M. R. Garcia , F. Primini , S. S. Murray

We here present the luminosity function (LF) of globular clusters (GCs) in five nearby spiral galaxies using the samples of GC candidates selected in Hubble Space Telescope mosaic images in F435W, F555W and F814W filters. Our search, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-20 Luis Lomelí-Núñez , Y. D. Mayya , L. H. Rodríguez-Merino , P. A. Ovando , D. Rosa-González

We present new BVI photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6981 (M72), based mostly on ground-based CCD archive images. We present a new color-magnitude diagram (CMD) that reaches almost four magnitudes below the turn-off level. We performed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 P. Amigo , P. B. Stetson , M. Catelan , M. Zoccali , H. A. Smith

Several recent studies have reported the detection of an anomalous color spread along the red giant branch (RGB) of some globular clusters (GC) that appears only when color indices including a near ultraviolet band (such as Johnson U or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 C. Lardo , M. Bellazzini , E. Pancino , E. Carretta , A. Bragaglia , E. Dalessandro

We report the largest number of optical identifications of X-ray sources yet obtained in a single globular cluster. Using deep Chandra/ACIS-I imaging and extensive HST studies with WFPC2, we have detected optical counterparts to at least 22…

We present new VI photometry for the halo globular cluster M30 (NGC 7099), and compute luminosity functions (LFs) in both bands for samples of about 15,000 hydrogen-burning stars from near the tip of the red giant branch (RGB) to over four…

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…

Spitzer IRAC mid-infrared photometry is presented for the globular cluster (GC) systems of the NGC 5128 ("Centaurus A") and NGC 4594 ("Sombrero") galaxies. Existing optical photometric and spectroscopic are combined with this new data in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 Lee R. Spitler , Duncan A. Forbes , Michael A. Beasley

The census of the globular clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way (MW) is still a work in progress. We explore the nature of 19 new GC candidates in the Galactic bulge, based on the analysis of their colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-09 E. R. Garro , D. Minniti , M. Gómez , J. Alonso-García , V. Ripepi , J. G. Fernández-Trincado , F. Vivanco Cádiz

Globular Clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way are the primary laboratories for establishing the ages of the oldest stellar populations and for measuring the color-magnitude relation of stars. In infrared (IR) color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs), the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Matteo Correnti , Mario Gennaro , Jason S. Kalirai , Thomas M. Brown , Annalisa Calamida

We present a study of globular clusters (GCs) in 17 relatively nearby early-type galaxies, based on deep HST/WFPC2 F555W and F814W images. We compare color distributions, cluster sizes and luminosity functions with those of GCs in the Milky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. S. Larsen , J. P. Brodie , J. P. Huchra , D. A. Forbes , C. Grillmair

We present deep F606W, F814W ACS photometry of the recently discovered globular cluster B514, the outermost known globular in the M31 galaxy. The cluster appears quite extended and member stars are unequivocally identified out to ~200 pc…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 S. Galleti , L. Federici , M. Bellazzini , A. Buzzoni , F. Fusi Pecci

Photographic plates of the globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254) that were recorded at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory between 1931 and 1934 have been digitized with a commercial scanner. The plates have numerous cosmetic issues, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-08 T. J. Davidge

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 present BV CCD-data for 11 intermediate-age LMC clusters; the main conclusions are: 1. in the (V_to, V_cl,m) and (V-to, (V_to-V_cl,m)) planes the models yield a good overall description of the data; 2. with the current sample, it is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 C. E. Corsi , R. Buonanno , F. Fusi Pecci , F. R. Ferraro , V. Testa , L. Greggio

We present a detailed kinematic analysis of the outer halo globular cluster (GC) system of M31. Our basis for this is a set of new spectroscopic observations for 78 clusters lying at projected distances between Rproj ~20-140 kpc from the…

Galactic globular clusters (GCs) show overwhelming photometric and spectroscopic evidence for the existence of multiple stellar populations. The question of whether or not there exists a GC that represents a true 'simple stellar population'…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-24 Aaron Dotter , Antonino P. Milone , Charlie Conroy , Anna F. Marino , Ata Sarajedini

New BVRI broad-band photometry and astrometry are presented for the globular cluster NGC 4147, based upon measurements derived from 524 ground-based CCD images mostly either donated by colleagues or retrieved from public archives. We have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. B. Stetson , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith

This paper presents results from wide-field imaging of the globular cluster (GC) systems of five intermediate-luminosity (M_V ~-21 to -22) early-type galaxies. The aim is to accurately quantify the global properties of the GC systems by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jonathan R. Hargis , Katherine L. Rhode