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Galaxy groups and clusters assembled through dynamical interactions of smaller systems, resulting in the formation of a diffuse stellar halo known as the intragroup or intracluster light (IGL/ICL). By preserving the records of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-29 S. L. Ahad , H. Hoekstra , Y. M. Bahé , I. K. Baldry , K. Kuijken , S. Brough , B. W. Holwerda

This is the first in a series of papers on the weak lensing effect caused by clusters of galaxies in Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The photometrically selected cluster sample, known as MaxBCG, includes ~130,000 objects between redshift 0.1 and…

We present the first results from our HST Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) survey of seven central supergiant cluster galaxies and their globular cluster (GC) systems. We measure a total of 48000 GCs in all seven galaxies, representing the…

We discuss the progress of the SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey (SLUGS), the first large, statistical sub-mm survey of the local universe. Since our original survey of a sample of 104 IRAS-selected galaxies we have recently completed a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Catherine Vlahakis , Stephen Eales , Loretta Dunne

A sample of 42 new infrared star clusters, stellar groups and candidates was found throughout the Galaxy in the 2MASS J, H and especially K$_S$ Atlases. In the Cygnus X region 19 new clusters, stellar groups and candidates were found as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 C. M. Dutra , E. Bica

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

Deep imaging data from the Keck II telescope are employed to study the globular cluster (GC) populations in the cores of six rich Abell clusters. The sample includes A754, A1644, A2124, A2147, A2151, and A2152, and spans the redshift range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John P. Blakeslee

We present Gemini/GMOS-S multi-object spectroscopy of 31 galaxy cluster candidates at redshifts between 0.2 and 1.0 and centered on QSO sight-lines taken from Lopez et al. (2008). The targets were selected based on the presence of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 H. Andrews , L. F. Barrientos , S. Lopez , P. Lira , N. Padilla , D. G. Gilbank , I. Lacerna , M. J. Maureira , E. Ellingson , M. D. Gladders , H. K. C. Yee

We present the discovery of four remote star clusters in M33, one of which is of an extended nature. Three of the clusters were discovered using survey data from the Isaac Newton Telescope Wide-Field Camera while one was discovered…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. Huxor , A. M. N. Ferguson , M. K. Barker , N. R. Tanvir , M. J. Irwin , S. C. Chapman , R. Ibata , G. Lewis

A small survey of the UV-absorbing gas in 12 low-$z$ galaxy groups has been conducted using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on-board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Targets were selected from a large, homogeneously-selected sample…

We report the discovery of a galaxy cluster at z = 1.41. ISCS J143809+341419 was found in the Spitzer/IRAC Shallow Survey of the Bootes field in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey carried out by IRAC. The cluster candidate was initially…

An optical monitoring survey in the nearby dwarf galaxies was carried out with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT). 55 dwarf galaxies and four isolated globular clusters in the Local Group (LG) were observed with the Wide Field Camera…

The luminosity gap between the two brightest members of galaxy groups and clusters is thought to offer a strong test for the models of galaxy formation and evolution. This study focuses on the statistics of the luminosity gap in galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Saeed Tavasoli , Habib G. Khosroshahi , Ali Koohpaee , Hadi Rahmani , Jamshid Ghanbari

We conducted an extensive CCD search for faint, unresolved dwarf galaxies of very low surface brightness in the whole Centaurus group region encompassing the Cen A and M 83 subgroups lying at a distance of roughly 4 and 5 Mpc, respectively.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Oliver Müller , Helmut Jerjen , Bruno Binggeli

The number and distribution of dwarf satellite galaxies remain a critical test of cold dark matter-dominated structure formation on small scales. Until recently, observational information about galaxy formation on these scales has been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ryan Speller , James E. Taylor

We perform a search for galaxy-galaxy strong lens systems using a convolutional neural network (CNN) applied to imaging data from the first public data release of the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey (DELVE), which contains $\sim 520$…

The gravitationally lensing clusters A370, A2218, A1689 and CL0024+1654 were observed with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) using ISOCAM at 6.7 and 14.3 microns (hereafter 7 and 15 microns respectively). A total of 178 sources were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Perez-Martinez , L. Metcalfe , D. Coia , A. Biviano , B. McBreen , B. Altieri , C. Sanchez-Fernandez , .

We use a modified version of the halo-based group finder developed by Yang et al. to select galaxy groups from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS DR4). In the first step, a combination of two methods is used to identify the centers of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-28 Xiaohu Yang , H. J. Mo , Frank C. van den Bosch , Anna Pasquali , Cheng Li , Marco Barden

We present new catalogs of likely globular clusters (GCs) in 17 nearby spiral galaxies studied as part of the PHANGS-HST Treasury Survey. The galaxies were imaged in five broad-band filters from the near-ultraviolet through the $I$ band.…

We present the results of an all-sky, deep optical survey for faint Local Group dwarf galaxies. Candidate objects were selected from the second Palomar survey (POSS-II) and ESO/SRC survey plates and follow-up observations performed to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alan B. Whiting , George K. T. Hau , Mike Irwin , Miguel Verdugo