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As ancient, gravitationally bound stellar populations, globular clusters are abundant, vibrant laboratories characterized by high frequencies of dynamical interactions coupled to complex stellar evolution. Using surface brightness and…

We use deep images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope of the disk galaxy NGC 891, to search for globular cluster candidates. This galaxy has long been considered to be a close analog in size and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. E. Harris , M. Mouhcine , M. Rejkuba , R. Ibata

1057 globular cluster candidates have been identified in a WFPC2 image of the inner region of M87. The Globular Cluster Luminosity Function (GCLF) can be well fit by a Gaussian profile with a mean value of m_V^0=23.67 +/- 0.07 mag and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 A. Kundu , B. C. Whitmore , W. B. Sparks , F. D. Macchetto , S. E. Zepf , K. M. Ashman

As a follow up to our recent study of a large sample of LMC clusters (astro-ph/0209031), we have conducted a similar study of the structures of ten SMC clusters, using archival Hubble Space Telescope snapshot data. We present surface…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. D. Mackey , G. F. Gilmore

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

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 report the discovery of 40 new globular clusters (GCs) that have been found in surveys of the halo of M31 based on INT/WFC and CHFT/Megacam imagery. A subset of these these new GCs are of an extended, diffuse nature, and include those…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. P. Huxor , N. R. Tanvir , A. M. N. Ferguson , M. J. Irwin , R. Ibata , T. Bridges , G. F. Lewis

We use our Galactic Globular Cluster Catalog (G2C2) photometry for 111 Galactic globular clusters (GC) in g and z, as well as r and i photometry for a subset of 60 GCs and u photometry for 22 GCs, to determine the structural parameters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Joachim Vanderbeke , Roberto De Propris , Sven De Rijcke , Maarten Baes , Michael J. West , John P. Blakeslee

In our study of M31's globular cluster system with MMT/Hectospec, we have obtained high-quality spectra of 85 clusters with ages less than 1 Gyr. With the exception of Hubble V, the young cluster in NGC 205, we find that these young…

We perform aperture photometry and profile fitting on 419 globular cluster (GC) candidates with mV \leq 23 mag identified in Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys BVI imaging, and estimate the effective radii of the clusters.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Julie B. Nantais , John P. Huchra , Andreas Zezas , Kosmas Gazeas , Jay Strader

We present a study of the density profile of the remote M31 globular cluster B514, obtained from HST/ACS observations. Coupling the analysis of the distribution of the integrated light with star counts we can reliably follow the profile of…

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

The surface brightness profiles of globular clusters are conventionally described with the well-known King profile. However, observations of young massive clusters (YMCs) in the local Universe suggest that they are better fit by simple…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-12 Kuldeep Sharma , Carl L. Rodriguez

The globular cluster (GC) systems of the Milky Way and of our neighboring spiral galaxy, M31, comprise 2 distinct entities, differing in 3 respects. 1. M31 has young GCs, ages from ~100 Myr to 5 Gyr old, as well as old globular clusters. No…

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

[Abridged]: We present a database of structural and dynamical properties for 153 spatially resolved star clusters (50 "young massive clusters" and 103 old globulars) in the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, and the Fornax…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Dean E. McLaughlin , Roeland P. van der Marel

We used the HST WFPC2 to obtain I-band images of the centers of 81 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), drawn from a volume-limited sample of nearby BCGs. The images show a rich variety of morphological features, including multiple or double…

This paper describes the results of an HST WFPC2 search for star clusters in active star-formation regions of M31. Nine of the clusters were previously cataloged and 77 are new. Our 23 fields cover key areas of the galaxy's recent star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Paul Hodge , O. Karl Krienke , Luciana Bianchi , Philip Massey And Knut Olsen

The structure of a very bright (MV = -10.9) globular cluster in NGC 1023 is analyzed on two sets of images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. From careful modeling of King profile fits to the cluster image, a core radius of 0.55+/-0.1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Soeren S. Larsen

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

We present the first spectral study of the X-ray emitting stellar sources in M31 in the energy band from 0.1 to 10 keV. We find that the globular cluster sources have spectral characteristics consistent with those of the Milky Way object,…