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We present new number density and surface brightness profiles for the globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341). These profiles are calculated from optical images collected with the CCD mosaic camera MegaCam at the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Di Cecco , A. Zocchi , A. L. Varri , M. Monelli , G. Bertin , G. Bono , P. B. Stetson , M. Nonino , R. Buonanno , I. Ferraro , G. Iannicola , A. Kunder , A. R. Walker

We present internal velocity dispersions and precise radial velocities for 200 globular clusters (GCs) in M31 that are derived using new high-resolution spectra from MMT/Hectochelle. Of these, 163 also have King model structural parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Jay Strader , Nelson Caldwell , Anil Seth

We present the first results of a large spectroscopic survey of candidate globular clusters located in the extreme outskirts of the nearby M31 galaxy. We obtained low resolution spectra of 48 targets selected from the XSC of 2MASS, as in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Galleti , M. Bellazzini , L. Federici , A. Buzzoni , F. Fusi Pecci

We use deep, high quality colour magnitude diagrams obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope to compute a simplified version of the Mironov index [SMI; B/(B+R)] to parametrize the horizontal branch (HB) morphology for 23 globular clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Perina , M. Bellazzini , A. Buzzoni , C. Cacciari , L. Federici , F. Fusi Pecci , S. Galleti

We use available multifilter Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2 imaging of five (M81, M83, NGC 6946, M101, and M51) low inclination, nearby spiral galaxies to study ancient star cluster populations. M81 globular clusters (GC) have an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rupali Chandar , Bradley Whitmore , Myung Gyoon Lee

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

Mayall II = G1 is one of the most luminous globular clusters (GCs) known in M31. New deep, high-resolution observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the {\sl Hubble Space Telescope} are used to provide accurate photometric data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Ma , R. de Grijs , D. Chen , S. van den Bergh , Z. Fan , Z. Wu , H. Wu , X. Zhou , J. Wu

A physical description of the fundamental plane of Galactic globular clusters is developed which explains all empirical trends and correlations in a large number of cluster observables and provides a small but complete set of truly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dean E. McLaughlin

We present structural parameters for 204 stellar clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud derived from fitting King and Elson, Fall, & Freeman model profiles to the V-band surface brightness profiles as measured from the Magellanic Clouds…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Andrew Hill , Dennis Zaritsky

We present three new clusters discovered in the halo of M31 which, although having globular-like colours and luminosities,have an unusually large half-light radii, ~30 pc. They lie at projected galactocentric distances of approx. 15 to 35…

The King and the EFF (Elson, Fall & Freeman 1987) analytical models are employed to determine the structural parameters of star clusters using an 1-D surface brightness profile fitting method. The structural parameters are derived and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 I. Sableviciute , V. Vansevicius , K. Kodaira , D. Narbutis , R. Stonkute , A. Bridzius

Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) images are used to identify and study star cluster candidates in the nearby spiral galaxy M101. About 3000 round, slightly-resolved cluster candidates are identified in 10 ACS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 P. Barmby , K. D. Kuntz , J. P. Huchra , J. P. Brodie

We report new, as yet unpublished HST/WFPC2 V, I photometry of 9 globular clusters in M31. These are part of a total sample of 19 clusters on M31 with well observed CMDs from HST. The clusters have the full range of horizontal branch…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. M. Rich , C. E. Corsi , M. Bellazzini , L. Federici , C. Cacciari , F. Fusi Pecci

We report the first results from deep ACS imaging of ten classical globular clusters in the far outer regions (15 < R_p < 100 kpc) of M31. Eight of the clusters, including two of the most remote M31 globular clusters presently known, are…

We present the initial results of a study of globular clusters in M31, using the Faint Object Camera (FOC) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The sample of objects consists of 13 clusters spanning a range of properties. Three inde-…

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

Detailed understanding of the formation and evolution of globular clusters (GCs) has been recently advanced through a combination of numerical simulations and analytical models. We employ a state-of-the-art model to create a comprehensive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-30 Yingtian Chen , Oleg Y. Gnedin

We have investigated a number of globular cluster candidates from a recent wide-field study by Harris et al. (2004a) of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128. We used the Magellan I telescope + MagIC camera under excellent seeing (0.3"-0.6")…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Gomez , D. Geisler , W. E. Harris , T. Richtler , G. L. H. Harris , K. Woodley

We present a new catalog of photometric and spectroscopic data on M31 globular clusters. The catalog includes new optical and near-infrared photometry for a substantial fraction of the 435 clusters and cluster candidates. We use these data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 P. Barmby , J. P. Huchra , J. P. Brodie , D. A. Forbes , L. L. Schroder , C. J. Grillmair

We derive ages, metallicities and [alpha/Fe] ratios from the integrated spectra of 23 globular clusters in M31, by employing multivariate fits to two stellar population models. In parallel we analyze spectra of 21 Galactic globular clusters…