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We obtained spectra of 74 globular clusters in M81. These globular clusters had been identified as candidates in an HST ACS I-band survey. 68 of these 74 clusters lie within 7' of the M81 nucleus. 62 of these clusters are newly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Julie B. Nantais , John P. Huchra

Using metallicities from the literature, combined with the Revised Bologna Catalogue of photometric data for M31 clusters and cluster candidates (the latter of which is the most comprehensive catalogue of M31 clusters currently available,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Z. Fan , J. Ma , R. de Grijs , Y. Yang , X. Zhou

We present a catalog of extended objects in the vicinity of M81 based a set of 24 Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Wide Field Camera (WFC) F814W (I-band) images. We have found 233 good globular cluster candidates; 92…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. B. Nantais , J. P. Huchra , B. McLeod , J. Strader , J. P. Brodie

We discuss recent observational and numerical work on tidal tails in globular clusters. Evidence of tidal tails has now been found in 16 Galactic globulars and 4 globulars in M31. Simulations indicate that mapping of these tidal tails over…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carl J. Grillmair

Using a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope/WFPC2 observations, we explore the physical properties of the stellar populations in two intermediate-age star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 1831 and NGC 1868,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Chengyuan Li , Richard de Grijs , Licai Deng

Following on from our discovery of a significant population of M31 outer halo globular clusters (GCs), and updates to the Revised Bologna Catalogue of M31 GCs, we investigate the GC system of M31 out to an unprecedented radius (~120kpc). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. P. Huxor , A. M. N. Ferguson , N. R. Tanvir , M. J. Irwin , A. D. Mackey , R. A. Ibata , T. Bridges , S. C. Chapman , G. F. Lewis

We present an updated catalogue of M31 globular clusters (GCs) based on images from the Wide Field CAMera (WFCAM) on the UK Infrared Telescope and from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our catalogue includes new, self-consistent ugriz…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Mark B. Peacock , Thomas J. Maccarone , Christian Knigge , Arunav Kundu , Christopher Z. Waters , Stephen E. Zepf , David R. Zurek

We present internal velocity dispersions and precise radial velocities for 200 globular clusters (GCs) in M31 that are derived using new high-resolution spectra from MMT/Hectochelle. Of these, 163 also have King model structural parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Jay Strader , Nelson Caldwell , Anil Seth

We report new HST/WFPC2 photometry for 10 globular clusters (GC) in M31 observed in F5555W(V) and F814W(I). Additionally we have reanalyzed HST archival data of comparable quality for 2 more GCs. Extraordinary care is taken to account for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. M. Rich , C. E. Corsi , C. Cacciari , L. Federici , F. Fusi Pecci , S. G. Djorgovski

We report the serendipitous discovery of a peculiar main sequence in archived Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 observations of the young star cluster NGC 2011 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The bright part of this main sequence exhibits a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. A. Gouliermis , S. Lianou , M. Kontizas , E. Kontizas , A. Dapergolas

We present deep (V ~= 27) V- and I-band stellar photometry of G302 and G312, two globular star clusters in the halo of M31. These data were obtained using the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2. We find iron abundances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Stephen Holland , Gregory G. Fahlman , Harvey B. Richer

We report the first results from deep ACS imaging of ten classical globular clusters in the far outer regions (15 < R_p < 100 kpc) of M31. Eight of the clusters, including two of the most remote M31 globular clusters presently known, are…

We present Gemini/GMOS imaging of twelve candidate intergalactic globular clusters (IGCs) in the Local Group, identified in a recent survey of the SDSS footprint by di Tullio Zinn & Zinn (2015). Our image quality is sufficiently high, at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-20 Dougal Mackey , Michael A. Beasley , Ryan Leaman

Mayall II = G1 is one of the most luminous globular clusters (GCs) known in M31. New deep, high-resolution observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the {\sl Hubble Space Telescope} are used to provide accurate photometric data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Ma , R. de Grijs , D. Chen , S. van den Bergh , Z. Fan , Z. Wu , H. Wu , X. Zhou , J. Wu

Shells in Elliptical Galaxies are faint, sharp-edged features, believed to provide evidence of a recent ($\sim 0.5 - 2 \times 10^9$ years ago) merger event. We analyse the Globular Cluster (GC) systems of six shell elliptical galaxies, to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Sikkema , R. F. Peletier , D. Carter , E. A. Valentijn , M. Balcells

Scenarios that invoke multiple episodes of star formation within young globular clusters (GCs) to explain the observed chemical and photometric anomalies in GCs, require that clusters can retain the stellar ejecta of the stars within them…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Nate Bastian , Jay Strader

We present structural parameters for 51 compact star clusters from the survey of star clusters conducted in the South-West field of the M31 disk by Kodaira et al. (2004). Structural parameters of the clusters were derived by fitting the 2-D…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-12 I. Sableviciute , V. Vansevicius , K. Kodaira , D. Narbutis , R. Stonkute , A. Bridzius

The Milky Way System and the Andromeda galaxy experienced radically different evolutionary histories. Nevertheless, it is found that these two galaxies ended up with globular cluster systems in which individual clusters have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sidney van den Bergh

We present new Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the outer regions of M87 in order to study its globular cluster (GC) population out to large galactocentric distances. We discuss particularly the relationship between GC effective radii…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Jeremy J. Webb , Alison Sills , William E. Harris

Using data from the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS), we have discovered four new globular clusters (GCs) associated with the M31 dwarf elliptical (dE) satellites NGC 147 and NGC 185. Three of these are associated with NGC 147…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 J. Veljanoski , A. M. N. Ferguson , A. P. Huxor , A. D. Mackey , C. K. Fishlock , M. J. Irwin , N. Tanvir , S. C. Chapman , R. A. Ibata , G. F. Lewis , A. McConnachie