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We used the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope to search for globular clusters in the inner regions of the nearby giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128. This galaxy is believed to be the product of a merger between a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Stephen Holland , Pat Cote , James E. Hesser

We report the first results from an imaging program with the ACS camera on HST designed to measure the structural characteristics of a wide range of globular clusters in NGC 5128, the nearest giant elliptical galaxy. From 12 ACS/WFC fields,…

In order to investigate whether the brightest globular clusters (GCs) in the giant elliptical galaxies are similar to the less luminous GCs like those found in Local Group galaxies, we study the velocity dispersion and structural parameter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Rejkuba , P. Dubath , D. Minniti , G. Meylan

We present new imaging measurements of 27 individual globular clusters in the halo of the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 5128, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope STIS and WFPC2 cameras. Combining these with similar data for selected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. E. Harris , G. L. H. Harris , S. T. Holland , D. E. McLaughlin

Some of the properties of the globular clusters in NGC 5128 are compared to those of Galactic globular clusters. Assuming the color- metallicity relations that hold for Galactic globular clusters then the metal-poor clusters in NGC 5128…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sidney van den Bergh

We have investigated a number of globular cluster candidates from a recent wide-field study by Harris et al. (2004a) of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128. We used the Magellan I telescope + MagIC camera under excellent seeing (0.3"-0.6")…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Gomez , D. Geisler , W. E. Harris , T. Richtler , G. L. H. Harris , K. Woodley

We review our recent studies of the globular cluster system of NGC 5128. First, we have obtained low-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectroscopy of 72 globular clusters using Gemini-S/GMOS to obtain the ages, metallicities, and the level…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Kristin A. Woodley , Matias Gomez

We have identified 26 new globular cluster candidates in the inner 3 kpc of NGC 5128 (Cen A), the nearest known large galaxy being the probable product of a merger. The clusters are selected on the basis of their structural parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 D. Minniti , M. V. Alonso , P. Goudfrooij , P. Jablonka , G. Meylan

We present internal surface-brightness profiles, based on HST/ACS imaging in the F606W bandpass, for 131 globular cluster (GC) candidates with luminosities 10^4 - 3 x 10^6 solar, in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128. Several structural…

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to obtain WFPC2 (V,I) photometry for a large sample of stars in the outer halo of the giant elliptical NGC 5128 (d = 4 Mpc). The globular cluster N5128-C44, at the center of the Planetary Camera…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. L. H. Harris , G. B. Poole , W. E. Harris

We have performed a spectroscopic study of globular clusters (GCs) in the giant elliptical NGC 5128 using the 2dF facility at the Anglo-Australian telescope. We obtained integrated optical spectra for a total of 254 GCs, 79 of which are…

We present velocity dispersion measurements of 14 globular clusters in NGC 5128 (Centarus A) obtained with the MIKE echelle spectrograph on the 6.5m Magellan Clay telescope. These clusters are among the most luminous globular clusters in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paul Martini , Luis C. Ho

We have carried out spectrophotometry in the range 3600--9700\AA~ of five globular clusters in NGC 5128 for which previous photometric studies suggested a high metal content. We compare the equivalent widths of a set of metallic features of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jablonka , Bica , Pelat , Alloin

We present radial velocity measurements for 74 globular clusters (GCs) in the nearby giant elliptical NGC 5128, of which 31 are newly discovered clusters. All the GC candidates were taken from the list of possible new clusters given in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kristin A. Woodley , William E. Harris , Gretchen L. H. Harris

Using Magellan/IMACS images covering a 1.2 x 1.2 sq. degree FOV with seeing of 0.4"-0.6", we have applied convolution techniques to analyse the light distribution of 364 confirmed globular cluster in the field of NGC 5128 and to obtain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Gomez , K. A. Woodley

We resolve stars of the nearest giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 using VLT with FORS1 and ISAAC. We construct deep U, V and Ks color-magnitude and color-color diagrams in two different halo fields (in the halo and in the north-eastern…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Rejkuba , D. Minniti , D. R. Silva , T. R. Bedding

We report the discovery of an extended globular cluster in a halo field in Centaurus A (NGC 5128), situated $\sim 38\kpc$ from the centre of that galaxy, imaged with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope. At…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Mouhcine , W. E. Harris , R. Ibata , M. Rejkuba

I review what we have learned about the old stellar population of NGC 5128, the only large E galaxy close enough that we can currently observe individual stars as faint as the horizontal branch. Although its galaxy type is still a matter of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Gretchen L. H. Harris

We explore the age distribution of the globular cluster (GC) system of the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 using ultraviolet (UV) photometry from Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) observations, with UV - optical colors used as the age…

We present the results of a photometric and spectroscopic survey of the globular cluster system of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A), a galaxy whose proximity makes it an important target for early-type galaxy studies. We imaged three fields in UBVRI…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Eric W. Peng , Holland C. Ford , Kenneth C. Freeman
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