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The all-sky Milky Way Star Clusters (MWSC) survey provides uniform and precise ages and other parameters for a variety of clusters in the Solar Neighbourhood. We construct the cluster age distribution, investigate its spatial variations,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-13 A. E. Piskunov , A. Just , N. V. Kharchenko , P. Berczik , R. -D. Scholz , S. Reffert , S. X. Yen

We examine star clusters in the irregular, starburst galaxy NGC 1569 from HST images. In addition to the two known super star clusters, we identify 45 other clusters that are compact but resolved. Integrated UVI colors of the clusters span…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. A. Hunter , R. W. O'Connell , J. S. Gallagher , T. A. Smecker-Hane

The post-starburst region B in M82 and its massive star cluster component have been the focus of multiple studies, with reports that there is a large population of coeval clusters of age ~1 Gyr, which were created with a Gaussian initial…

We use archival {\it Hubble Space Telescope} observations of broad-band images from the ultraviolet (F255W-filter) through the near infrared (NICMOS F160W-filter) to study the star cluster population of the interacting spiral galaxy M51. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Bastian , M. Gieles , H. J. G. L. M. Lamers , R. de Grijs , R. A. Scheepmaker

Based on our observations with the 6-m BTA telescope at the Special Astrophysical Observatory, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and archival Hubble Space Telescope images, we have performed stellar photometry for several regions of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-02-11 N. A. Tikhonov , O. A. Galazutdinova

Using high-resolution, multiple-passband Hubble Space Telescope images spanning the entire optical/near-infrared wavelength range, we obtained a statistically complete sample, $U$-band selected sample of 846 extended star clusters across…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Shuo Li , Richard de Grijs , Peter Anders , Chengyuan Li

We examine the star clusters in the irregular galaxy NGC 4449. We use a near-infrared spectrum and broad-band images taken with the HST to place a limit of 8--15 Myrs on the age of the bright central ojbect in NGC 4449. Its luminosity and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Andrea E. Gelatt , Deidre A. Hunter , J. S. Gallagher

(Abridged) We study the nuclear star clusters in spiral galaxies of various Hubble types using spectra obtained with STIS on-board HST. We observed the nuclear clusters in 40 galaxies, selected from two previous HST/WFPC2 imaging surveys.…

We present a study of the spatial distribution of the stellar cluster populations in the star forming galaxy NGC 628. Using Hubble Space Telescope broad band WFC3/UVIS UV and optical images from the Treasury Program LEGUS (Legacy…

We investigate the distribution of bright main sequence stars near the northern edge of the M33 disk. Clustering on sub-kpc scales is seen among stars with ages near 10 Myr, and two large star-forming complexes are identified. Similar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 T. J. Davidge , T. H. Puzia , A. W. McConnachie

The Local Group starburst galaxy IC10 is the closest example of a blue compact galaxy. Here, we use optical gi imaging from CFHT/MegaCam and near infra-red JHK imaging from UKIRT/WFCAM to conduct a comprehensive survey of the structure of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-07 Stephanie A. N. Gerbrandt , Alan W. McConnachie , Mike Irwin

Aim: We aim to estimate the age and reddening parameters of already identified star clusters within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in a consistent way using available photometric data, classify them based on their mass and strength, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 P. K. Nayak , A. Subramaniam , S. Choudhury , Ram Sagar

Using up-to-date stellar models and isochrones we determine the age of 25 galactic halo clusters. The clusters are distributed into four groups according to metallicity. We measure the absolute age of a reference cluster in each group, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maurizio Salaris , Achim Weiss

We present results of age determination based on the standard procedure of isochrone fitting for about 600 star clusters younger than about 1.2 Gyr from the central parts of the LMC. Comparison of age distributions of star clusters from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Pietrzynski , A. Udalski

(Abridged) We investigate the hypothesis that some fraction of the globular clusters presently observed in the Galactic halo formed in external dwarf galaxies, by means of a detailed comparison between Zinn's "old halo", "young halo", and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. D. Mackey , G. F. Gilmore

A search for stellar clusters has been carried out in 18 nearby spiral galaxies, using HST/WFPC2 archive images. All of the galaxies have previously been imaged from the ground in UBVI. A catalogue of structural parameters, photometry and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Soeren S. Larsen

We analyze archival HST/STIS/FUV-MAMA imaging and spectroscopy of 13 compact star clusters within the circumnuclear starburst region of M83, the closest such example. We compare the observed spectra with semi-empirical models, which are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Aida Wofford , Rupali Chandar , Claus Leitherer

We report on $BVI$ CCD photometry of a field centered in the region of the Galactic star cluster Whiting~1 down to $V=23.0$. This cluster has never been studied insofar, and we provide for the first time estimates of its fundamental…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Giovanni Carraro

Recent observations with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have revealed that a large fraction of late-type (Sc and later) spiral galaxies harbor a bright, compact stellar cluster in their dynamical centers. Statistics of the mass, age, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Boeker

The evolutionary properties and spatial distribution of I Zwicky 18 stellar populations are analyzed by means of HST/ACS deep and accurate photometry. The comparison of the resulting Colour- Magnitude diagrams with stellar evolution models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. Contreras Ramos , F. Annibali , G. Fiorentino , M. Tosi , A. Aloisi , G. Clementini , M. Marconi , I. Musella , A. Saha , R. P. van der Marel