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We present an analysis of the second epoch HST WFC3 F110W near-Infrared (NIR) imaging data of the globular cluster M4. The new dataset suggests that one of the previously suggested four brown dwarf candidates in this cluster is indeed a…

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We present and discuss optical measurements of the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function down to M_R = -10 in five different local environments of varying galaxy density and morphological content. The environments we studied, in order…

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We have used deep I-band (F814W) images from the HST archive to study the globular cluster systems around the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in Abell 262, 3560, 3565 and 3742. Three of these BCGs have inner dust lanes and peculiar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Waldemar M. Okon , William E. Harris

We summarize the results from analyzing six clusters of galaxies at 0.14 < z < 0.40 observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. We derive deep composite luminosity functions in B,g,V,r,i and z down to an absolute…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Daniel Harsono , Roberto De Propris

This paper presents the first study of the most massive globular cluster (GC) in the Milky Way, omega Centauri, employing recently acquired JWST deep images. By combining these data with archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images, we…

Using WFPC2 on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have isolated a sample of 258 white dwarfs (WDs) in the Galactic globular cluster M4. Fields at three radial distances from the cluster center were observed and sizeable WD populations were…

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 investigate in detail the white dwarf cooling sequence of the globular cluster Messier 4. In particular we study the influence of various systematic uncertainties, both observational and theoretical, on the determination of the cluster…

We present a luminosity function (LF) for lower main sequence stars in the Galactic bulge near (l,b)=(0,-6) to J=24, corresponding to M_J~9.3. This LF is derived from HST + NICMOS observations with the F110W and F160W filters. The main…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Zoccali , S. Cassisi , J. A. Frogel , A. Gould , S. Ortolani , A. Renzini , R. M. Rich , A. W. Stephens

A detailed imaging analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system of the Sombrero galaxy (NGC 4594) has been accomplished using a six-image mosaic from the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. The quality of the data is such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. R. Spitler , S. S. Larsen , J. Strader , J. P. Brodie , D. A. Forbes , M. A. Beasley

High-precision HST photometry has recently revealed that the globular cluster (GC) NGC 2808 hosts a triple main sequence (MS) corresponding to three stellar populations with different helium abundances. We carried out photometry on ACS/WFC…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. P. Milone , G. Piotto , L. R. Bedin , S. Cassisi , J. Anderson , A. F. Marino , A. Pietrinferni , A. Aparicio

As part of a large investigation with Hubble Space Telescope to study the faintest stars within the globular cluster Omega Centauri, in this work we present early results on the multiplicity of its main sequence (MS) stars, based on deep…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , L. R. Bedin , J. Anderson , D. Apai , A. Bellini , P. Bergeron , A. J. Burgasser , A. Dotter , J. M. Rees

From a combination of deep Hubble Space Telescope V and I images with groundbased images in the same bands, we have obtained color-magnitude diagrams of M10, M22, and M55, extending from just above the hydrogen burning limit to the tip of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Piotto , M. Zoccali

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 here present the luminosity function (LF) of globular clusters (GCs) in five nearby spiral galaxies using the samples of GC candidates selected in Hubble Space Telescope mosaic images in F435W, F555W and F814W filters. Our search, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-20 Luis Lomelí-Núñez , Y. D. Mayya , L. H. Rodríguez-Merino , P. A. Ovando , D. Rosa-González

We have measured the 3.6 micron cluster luminosity function (LF) using a sample of 123 galaxy clusters selected from the 4 degree^2 Spitzer First Look Survey (FLS). The clusters were selected on the basis of their R - 3.6 micron colors…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adam Muzzin , Gillian Wilson , Mark Lacy

We study the population of compact stellar clusters (CSCs) in M81, using the HST/ACS images in the filters F435W, F606W and F814W covering, for the first time, the entire optical extent of the galaxy. Our sample contains 435 clusters of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Santiago-Cortes , Y. D. Mayya , D. Rosa-Gonzalez

We present an analysis of deep HST/WFC3 near-IR (NIR) imaging data of the globular cluster M4. The best-photometry NIR colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) clearly shows the main sequence extending towards the expected end of the Hydrogen-burning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 A. Dieball , L. R. Bedin , C. Knigge , R. M. Rich , F. Allard , A. Dotter , H. Richer , D. Zurek

We investigate the old globular cluster (GC) population of 68 faint (Mv>-16 mag) dwarf galaxies located in the halo regions of nearby (<12 Mpc) loose galaxy groups and in the field environment based on archival HST/ACS images in F606W and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Iskren Y. Georgiev , Thomas H. Puzia , Michael Hilker , Paul Goudfrooij

We describe images of the center of the dense globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078) obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). Data taken in the F336W, F439W, and F555W filters (approximately U, B, and V)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Puragra Guhathakurta , Brian Yanny , Donald P. Schneider , John N. Bahcall