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We present the results of our detailed WFPC2-based photometric study of the globular cluster systems (GCS) of over 60 elliptical and S0 galaxies. Approximately 50\% of the GCSs of ellipticals, and at least 15-20\% of S0s reveal bimodality…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Kundu , B. C. Whitmore

We discuss the integrated kinematic parameters of 20 M51-type binary galaxies. A comparison of the orbital masses of the galaxies with the sum of the individual masses suggests that moderately massive dark halos surround bright spiral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. P. Reshetnikov , S. A. Klimanov

We have applied the MCS image deconvolution algorithm (Magain, Courbin & Sohy 1998) to HST/WFPC2 V, I data of three M31 bulge globular clusters (G170, G177, and G198) and control fields near each cluster. All three clusters are clearly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Jablonka , F. Courbin , G. Meylan , A. Sarajedini , T. J. Bridges , P. Magain

The Milky Way System and the Andromeda galaxy experienced radically different evolutionary histories. Nevertheless, it is found that these two galaxies ended up with globular cluster systems in which individual clusters have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sidney van den Bergh

Extensive photometric studies of the globular clusters located towards the center of the Milky Way have been historically neglected. The presence of patchy differential reddening in front of these clusters has proven to be a significant…

We present a new homogeneous set of metallicity estimates based on Lick indices for 245 old globular clusters of the M31 galaxy comprised in the Revised Bologna Catalog. The metallicity distribution of the M31 globular clusters is briefly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Galleti , M. Bellazzini , A. Buzzoni , L. Federici , F. Fusi Pecci

This paper reports on a survey of star clusters in M31 based on archival images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Paper I (Krienke and Hodge 2007) reported results from images obtained with the Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-29 O. K. Krienke , Paul W. Hodge

(Abridged) We present the results of M31 globular cluster (GC) X-ray source survey, based on the data of XMM-Newton and Chandra observations covering ~6100 sq.arcmin of M31. We detected 43 X-ray sources coincident with globular cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergey Trudolyubov , William Priedhorsky

We measure the Petrosian structural properties of 33 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) at redshifts z<0.1 in X-ray selected clusters with a wide range of X-ray luminosities. We find that some BCGs show distinct signatures in their Petrosian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 S. Brough , C. Collins , D. Burke , P. Lynam , R. Mann

We present core radii for 54 Milky Way globular clusters determined by fitting King-Michie models to cumulative projected star count distributions. We find that fitting star counts rather than surface brightness profiles produces results…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Ryan Goldsbury , Jeremy Heyl , Harvey Richer

An inspection of the DSS and 2MASS images of selected Milky Way regions has led to the discovery of 66 stellar groupings whose morphologies, color-magnitude diagrams, and stellar density distributions suggest that these objects are possible…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Kronberger , P. Teutsch , B. Alessi , M. Steine , L. Ferrero , K. Graczewski , M. Juchert , D. Patchick , D. Riddle , J. Saloranta , M. Schoenball , C. Watson

We show that there is a subsystem of the M31 globular clusters with THIN DISK kinematics. These clusters span the entire metallicity range of the M31 globular cluster system, in contrast to the (thick) disk globulars in the Milky Way which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. L. Morrison , P. Harding , K. Perrett , D. Hurley-Keller

WFPC-2 images are used to study the central structure of M31, M32, and M33. The dimmer peak, P2, of the M31 double nucleus is centered on the bulge to 0.1", implying that it is the dynamical center of M31. P2 contains a compact source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Tod R. Lauer , S. M. Faber , Edward A. Ajhar , Carl J. Grillmair , Paul A. Scowen

The bulge of M31 is of interest in the context of the nature of galactic bulges and how their structure relates to bulge formation mechanisms and their subsequent evolution. With the UVIT instrument on AstroSat, we have observed the bulge…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-22 Denis Leahy , Traian Craiciu , Joseph Postma

A study of aperture size effects on star cluster photometry in crowded fields is presented. Tests were performed on a sample of 285 star cluster candidates in the South-West field of the M31 galaxy disk, measured in the Local Group Galaxy…

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

Context: The formation and evolution of disk galaxies are long standing questions in Astronomy. Understanding the properties of globular cluster systems can lead to important insights on the evolution of its host galaxy. Aims: We aim to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Enio Cezario , Paula R. T. Coelho , Alan Alves-Brito , Duncan A. Forbes , Jean P. Brodie

Buzzoni's (1989) grid of synthetic spectral energy distributions, representative of old stellar populations, was used to derive colours in different photometric systems, and to compare the theoretical predictions with the observational data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Covino , L. E. Pasinetti Fracassini , M. L. Malagnini , A. Buzzoni

Using data from Gaia DR2, we study the radial number density profiles of the Galactic globular cluster sample. Proper motions are used for accurate membership selection, especially crucial in the cluster outskirts. Due to the severe…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-20 T. J. L. de Boer , M. Gieles , E. Balbinot , V. Henault-Brunet , A. Sollima , L. L. Watkins , I. Claydon

AIMS: In their 1st extension to the Milky Way Star Clusters (MWSC) survey, Schmeja et al. applied photometric filters to the 2MASS to find new cluster candidates that were subsequently confirmed or rejected by the MWSC pipeline. To further…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 R. -D. Scholz , N. V. Kharchenko , A. E. Piskunov , S. Röser , E. Schilbach

We present a kinematic analysis of the globular cluster(GC) system in M31. Using the photometric and spectroscopic database of 504 GCs, we have investigated the kinematics of the M31 GC system. We find that the all GC system shows strong…