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We present an analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations of globular clusters (GCs) in six ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Coma cluster, a sample that represents UDGs with large effective radii ($R_{\rm e}$), and use the results…

Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are unusual galaxies with low luminosities, similar to classical dwarf galaxies, but sizes up to $\sim\!5$ larger than expected for their mass. Some UDGs have large populations of globular clusters (GCs),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Sungsoon Lim , Eric W. Peng , Patrick Cote , Laura V. Sales , Mark den Brok , John P. Blakeslee , Puragra Guhathakurta

We present results of deep integral field spectroscopy observations using high resolution optical (4150-7200 A) VIMOS VLT spectra, of NGC 4696, the dominant galaxy in the Centaurus cluster (Abell 3526). After the Virgo cluster, this is the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. E. A. Canning , A. C. Fabian , R. M. Johnstone , J. S. Sanders , C. S. Crawford , G. J. Ferland , N. A. Hatch

The Chandra image of the central region of the Coma cluster reveals that both its dominant galaxies, NGC4874 and NGC4889, retain the central parts of their X-ray gas coronae. The interstellar gas with a temperature of 1-2 keV is confined by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. Vikhlinin , M. Markevitch , W. Forman , C. Jones

We have identified a new transient luminous low-mass X-ray binary, NGC 6440 X-2, with Chandra/ACIS, RXTE/PCA, and Swift/XRT observations of the globular cluster NGC 6440. The discovery outburst (July 28-31, 2009) peaked at L_X~1.5*10^36…

Gas-rich galaxies in dense environments such as galaxy clusters and massive groups are affected by a number of possible types of interactions with the cluster environment, which make their evolution radically different than that of field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 Marcelo D. Mora , Julio Chanamé , Thomas H. Puzia

We report on the first determination of the distance to the Coma Cluster based on surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) measurements obtained from Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 observations of the bright E0 galaxy NGC 4881 in the Coma Cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Bjarne Thomsen , William A. Baum , Mark Hammergren , Guy Worthey

Context. The globular cluster (GC) system of Circinus galaxy has not been probed previously partly because of the location of the galaxy at - 3.8$^\circ$ Galactic latitude which suffers severely from interstellar extinction, stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 C. Obasi , M. Gómez , D. Minniti , J. Alonso-García , M. Hempel , J. B. Pullen , M. D. Gregg , L. D. Baravalle , M. V. Alonso , B. I. Okere

Recently, \cite{vanDokkum2018} have presented an important discovery of an ultra diffuse galaxy, NGC1052-DF2, with a dark matter content significantly less than predicted from its stellar mass alone. The analysis relies on measured radial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-03 Adi Nusser

We present the first photometric study of the globular cluster system (GCS) of the E galaxy NGC 3613 (Mv = -21.5, d = 30.1 Mpc), as well as the surface photometry of the host galaxy, based on Gemini/GMOS images. Being considered the central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-28 Bruno J. De Bórtoli , Lilia P. Bassino , Juan P. Caso , Ana I. Ennis

NGC 4993 hosts a binary neutron star merger emitting gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves, GW170817/GRB 170817A. The distance to this galaxy is not well established. We select the globular cluster candidates from the Hubble Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-06 Myung Gyoon Lee , Jisu Kang , Myungshin Im

We analyze proper motions from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the second Gaia data release along with line-of-sight velocities from the MUSE spectrograph to detect imprints of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) in the center of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Eduardo Vitral , Gary A. Mamon

We report the discovery of 854 ultra diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Coma cluster using deep R band images, with partial B, i, and Halpha band coverage, obtained with the Subaru telescope. Many of them (332) are Milky Way-sized with very…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-08 Jin Koda , Masafumi Yagi , Hitomi Yamanoi , Yutaka Komiyama

We report on the {\it Chandra} observations of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1399, concentrating on the X-ray sources identified with globular clusters (GCs). A large fraction of the 2-10 keV X-ray emission in the $8' \times 8'$ {\it Chandra}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Lorella Angelini , Michael Loewenstein , Richard F. Mushotzky

Second-epoch HST observations of NGC 6397 have led to the measurement of proper motions accurate enough to separate the faintest cluster stars from the field, thus extending the luminosity function of this globular cluster far enough to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ivan R. King , Jay Anderson , Adrienne M. Cool , Giampaolo Piotto

We present a photometric investigation of the globular cluster population of NGC 1399, the central galaxy in the Fornax cluster, in Washington C and Kron R filters within a field of 36'x36'. This is the largest area around this galaxy ever…

We present 8 bright globular clusters and/or objects of less familiar nature which we found in the course of scrutinizing the globular cluster system of NGC 1399. These objects are morphologically striking, either by their sizes or by other…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Richtler , B. Dirsch , S. Larsen , M. Hilker , L. Infante

Recent observations indicate that in some Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) pristine red giant branch (RGB) stars appear more centrally concentrated than enriched ones. This contradicts most multiple stellar population (MSP) formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-19 P. Berczik , O. Sobodar , F. Flammini Dotti , M. Sobolenko , M. Ishchenko , R. Spurzem , M. Giersz , A. Askar

We present CCD photometry for the Galactic globular cluster NGC 4833. Our BVI color magnitude diagrams (CMD) extend from above the red giant branch (RGB) tip to several magnitudes below the main sequence turnoff. The principal sequences of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jason Melbourne , Ata Sarajedini , Andrew Layden , Donald H. Martins

Moderately deep near-infrared images are used to investigate the photometric properties and spatial distribution of bright giants near the centers of the core-collapsed globular clusters NGC5946 and NGC7099. The former cluster is located at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 T. J. Davidge