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The photometric characterization of M33 star clusters is far from complete. In this paper, we present homogeneous $UBVRI$ photometry of 708 star clusters and cluster candidates in M33 based on archival images from the Local Group Galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Zhou Fan , Richard de Grijs

We present a result of age estimation for star clusters in M33. We obtain color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of resolved stars in 242 star clusters from the HST/WFPC2 images. We estimate ages of 100 star clusters among these, by fitting the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-05 Won-Kee Park , Hong Soo Park , Myung Gyoon Lee

We present the results of an analysis of stellar clusters in the interacting galaxy, M51, using HST-WFPC2 observations. The observations were made in five broad band filters; f336w (U), f439w (B), f555w (V), f675w (R), f814w (I). By…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Bastian , H. J. G. L. M. Lamers

We present an updated UBVRI photometric catalog containing 970 objects in the field of M31, selected from the Revised Bologna Catalog (RBC v.4.0), including 965, 967, 965, 953, and 827 sources in the individual UBVRI bands, respectively, of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Zhou Fan , Richard de Grijs , Xu Zhou

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 study the population of compact stellar clusters (CSCs) in M81, using the HST/ACS images in the filters F435W, F606W and F814W covering, for the first time, the entire optical extent of the galaxy. Our sample contains 435 clusters of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Santiago-Cortes , Y. D. Mayya , D. Rosa-Gonzalez

The identification of star clusters holds significant importance in studying galaxy formation and evolution history. However, the task of swiftly and accurately identifying star clusters from vast amounts of photometric images presents an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-12 Baisong Zhang , Bingqiu Chen , Haibo Yuan , Pinjian Chen , Shoucheng Wang , Lunwei Zhang , Yi Ren , Helong Guo

Aims - We present the first results of a large spectroscopic survey of globular clusters and candidate globular clusters in the nearby M~31 galaxy. The survey is aimed at the classification of known candidate M~31 clusters and at the study…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Galleti , L. Federici , M. Bellazzini , A. Buzzoni , F. Fusi Pecci

We present a new catalog of HII regions in M31. The full disk of the galaxy is covered in a 2.2 deg^2 mosaic of 10 fields observed with the Mosaic Camera as part of the Local Group Galaxies survey. We used HIIphot, a code for automated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Mohaddesseh Azimlu , Ryan Marciniak , Pauline Barmby

We describe images of the center of the dense globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078) obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). Data taken in the F336W, F439W, and F555W filters (approximately U, B, and V)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Puragra Guhathakurta , Brian Yanny , Donald P. Schneider , John N. Bahcall

We present a high precision photometric view of the stellar populations in the outer halo of M31, using data taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (HST/ACS). We analyse the field populations adjacent to 11…

The massive stellar content, the OB associations and the star clusters in an HST field in M101 = NGC 5457 are investigated. A clustering algorithm yields 79 putative associations. Their size distribution is similar to that found in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 F. Bresolin , R. Kennicutt , P. Stetson

Recent results from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have resolved starbursts as collections of compact young stellar clusters. Here we present a photometric catalogue of the young stellar clusters in the nuclear starburst of M82, observed with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 V. P. Melo , C. Muñoz-Tuñón , J. Maíz-Apellániz , G. Tenorio-Tagle

A new survey of star clusters in the South-West field of the M31 disk based on the high resolution Subaru Suprime-Cam observations is presented. The UBVRI aperture CCD photometry catalog of 285 objects (V < 20.5; 169 of them identified for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 D. Narbutis , V. Vansevicius , K. Kodaira , A. Bridzius , R. Stonkute

High angular resolution optical and near-infrared images are used to investigate the central regions of the nearby Sb galaxy M81 (NGC3031). The spectral-energy distribution of the circumnuclear region, which extends out to 1.5 arcsec (~ 24…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. J. Davidge , S. Courteau

We present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/UVIS (F275W, F336W) and ACS/WFC optical (F435W, F555W, and F814W) observations of the nearby grand-design spiral galaxy M101 as part of the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey (LEGUS). Compact sources…

We present the first results from our survey of stellar substructure in the outskirts of M31 using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope. We discuss the stellar populations associated with five prominent…

We use HST/ACS observations of the spiral galaxy M51 in F435W, F555W and F814W to select a large sample of star clusters with accurate effective radius measurements in an area covering the complete disc of M51. We present the dataset and…

We present detailed chemical abundances for $>$20 elements in $\sim$30 globular clusters in M31. These results have been obtained using high resolution ($\lambda/\Delta\lambda\sim$24,000) spectra of their integrated light and analyzed using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-26 J. E. Colucci , R. A. Bernstein , J. Cohen

In this paper, we present surface brightness profiles for 79 globular clusters in M31, using images observed with {\it Hubble Space Telescope}, some of which are from new observations. The structural and dynamical parameters are derived…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Song Wang , Jun Ma