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We present long-slit spectroscopy of the elliptical galaxy M32, obtained with the 8-m Subaru telescope at Mauna Kea, the 1.5-m Tillinghast telescope at the F. L. Whipple Observatory, and the 4-m Mayall telescope at the Kitt Peak National…

We present the deepest near-UV image of M32 to date, which for the first time resolves hot HB stars in an elliptical galaxy. Given the near-solar metallicity of M32, much larger than that of globular clusters, the existence of an extended…

A near-infrared imaging study of the evolved stellar populations in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo I is presented. Based on JHK observations obtained with the WFCAM wide-field array at the UKIRT telescope, we build a near-infrared…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 E. V. Held , M. Gullieuszik , L. Rizzi , L. Girardi , P. Marigo , I. Saviane

Using archival multi--epoch ACS/WFC images in the F606W and F814W filters of a resolved stellar field in Local Group dwarf elliptical galaxy M32 we have made an accurate Colour-Magnitude Diagram and a careful search for RR Lyr variable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 G. Fiorentino , R. Contreras Ramos , E. Tolstoy , G. Clementini , A. Saha

In this paper, we show that the optically bright stars above the tip of the first red giant branch (TRGB) in the color magnitude (CM) diagrams of nearby dwarf elliptical (dE) galaxies, commonly interpreted as indication of the existence of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Martinez-Delgado , A. Aparicio

Deep g'r'i'z' images obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph are used to investigate the stellar content in the outer regions of the nearby Sc galaxies NGC 2403 and M33. The red giant branch tip occurs at i' = 23.6 +/- 0.1 in NGC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. J. Davidge

Deep images obtained with MegaCam and WIRCam on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope are used to probe the stellar content outside of the central star-forming regions of M82. Stars evolving on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) are traced…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. J. Davidge

We investigate the population of cool, evolved stars in the Local Group dwarf elliptical galaxy M32, using Infrared Array Camera observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope. We construct deep mid-infrared colour-magnitude diagrams for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 O. C. Jones , I. McDonald , R. M. Rich , F. Kemper , M. L. Boyer , A. A. Zijlstra , G. J. Bendo

The compact elliptical galaxy M32 offers a unique testing ground for theories of stellar evolution. Because of its proximity, solar-blind UV observations can resolve the hot evolved stars in its center. Some of these late evolutionary…

J, H, and K' images are used to investigate the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) content of the Local Group dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 205. The AGB on the (K, H-K) and (K, J-K) color-magnitude diagrams consists of two sequences: a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. J. Davidge

We explore the assembly history of the M31 bulge within a projected major-axis radius of 180" (~680 pc) by studying its stellar populations in Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 and ACS observations. Colors formed by comparing near-ultraviolet vs.…

JHKs photometry is presented from a three-year survey of the central regions of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy IC1613. The morphologies of the colour-magnitude and colour-colour diagrams are discussed with particular reference to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-06 John W. Menzies , Patricia A. Whitelock , Michael W. Feast

Using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained deep far-ultraviolet images of the compact elliptical galaxy M32. When combined with earlier near-ultraviolet images of the same field, these…

Deep H and K' images, recorded with the ALTAIR adaptive optics system and NIRI imager on Gemini North, are used to probe the red stellar content in a field with a projected distance of 1 kpc above the disk plane of the starburst galaxy M82.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. J. Davidge , J. Stoesz , F. Rigaut , J-P Veran , G. Herriot

We present a moderately-deep JK photometry for three selected areas of the dwarf irregular galaxy IC1613. The color-magnitude diagrams contain a mixture of red supergiants, asymptotic giant branch stars and the brightest red giant stars.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Borissova , L. Georgiev , R. Kurtev , M. Rosado , V. D. Ivanov , M. Richer , M. Valdez-Gutierrez

The properties of a stellar grouping that is ~ 3.5 kpc to the north east of the center of M31 is examined. This structure has (1) a surface brightness that is lower than the surrounding disk, (2) a more-or-less round appearance, (3) a size…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. J. Davidge

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

The presence of AGB stars in clusters provides key constraints for stellar models, as has been demonstrated with historical data from the Magellanic Clouds. In this work, we look for candidate AGB stars in M31 star clusters from the…

Deep K' images with 0.1 arcsec angular resolution, obtained with ALTAIR+NIRI on Gemini North, are used to investigate photometric variablity among the brightest asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the central regions of M32. Based on a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. J. Davidge , F. Rigaut

We have imaged five 7\arcmin \x 7\arcmin\ fields in M31 spanning galactocentric radii from 4 to 32 kpc along the SW-major axis. The fields were observed through two broad-band (\V\ and \I) and two narrow-band (\CN\ and \TiO) filters. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. P. Brewer , H. B. Richer , D. R. Crabtree