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We use a highly homogeneous set of data from 132 early-type galaxies in the Virgo and Fornax clusters in order to study the properties of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF). The globular cluster system of each galaxy was…

We examine the luminosity and B-I color distribution of globular clusters for three early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster using imaging data from the Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The luminosity functions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Carl J. Grillmair , Duncan A. Forbes , Jean P. Brodie , Rebecca Elson

The Fornax cluster galaxies NGC 1399 and NGC 1404 are ideal for studying the effects of a cluster environment on globular cluster systems. Here we present new optical imaging of these two galaxies from both the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Duncan Forbes , Carl Grillmair , Gerard Williger , R. Elson , Jean Brodie

The absolute magnitude M* of the peak of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF), approximated by a Gaussian, can be calibrated independently in the Galaxy and M 31 through RR Lyr stars and Cepheids, respectively. They yield, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. A. Tammann , A. Sandage

We compare the properties of the globular clusters around NGC 1399, NGC 1404 and NGC 1380, the three brightest early-type galaxies in the center of the Fornax galaxy cluster. The globular cluster systems are qualitatively very similar,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Kissler-Patig

We present a photometric study of the globular cluster systems of the Fornax cluster galaxies NGC 1374, NGC 1379, and NGC 1387. The data consists of images from the wide-field MOSAIC Imager of the CTIO 4-m telescope, obtained with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lilia P. Bassino , Tom Richtler , Boris Dirsch

NGC 1380 is a lenticular galaxy located near the centre of the Fornax Cluster northeast of NGC 1399. The globular cluster system of this galaxy was previously studied only from the ground. Recent studies of similar early-type galaxies,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. L. Chies-Santos , B. X. Santiago , M. G. Pastoriza

We present B and I photometry for ~300 globular cluster candidates in NGC 1379, an E0 galaxy in the Fornax Cluster. Our data are from both Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based observations. The HST photometry (B only) is…

We present Globular Cluster Luminosity Functions for four ellipticals and one S0-Galaxy in the Fornax cluster of galaxies, derived from CCD photometry in V and I. The averaged turnover magnitudes are $V_{TO} = 23.80 \pm 0.06$ and $I_{TO}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sven Kohle , Markus Kissler-Patig , Michael Hilker , Tom Richtler , L. Infante , H. Quintana

We acquired radial velocities of a significant number of globular clusters (GCs) on wide fields between galaxies in the nearby Fornax cluster of galaxies, in order to derive their velocity dispersion radial profile and to probe the dynamics…

We present results from a study of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) in a sample of 89 early-type galaxies observed as part of the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. Using a Gaussian parametrization of the GCLF, we find a highly…

We present the combined results of two investigations: a large-scale study of the globular cluster system (GCS) around NGC 1399, the central galaxy of the Fornax cluster, and a study of the GCSs around NGC 1374, NGC 1379 and NGC 1387, three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. P. Bassino , T. Richtler , F. R. Faifer , J. C. Forte , B. Dirsch , D. Geisler , Y. Schuberth

We present the results of a search for globular clusters in the surroundings of 15 low surface brightness dwarf galaxies belonging to the Fornax Cluster, which was carried out on CCD images obtained with the C and T1 filters of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. P. Bassino , S. A. Cellone , J. C. Forte , B. Dirsch

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Neil Trentham , R. Brent Tully

The membership of some galaxies in the nearby (d ~ 12 Mpc) Coma I cloud is uncertain. Here we present globular cluster luminosity functions (GCLFs) from the HST for two bright ellipticals which may belong to this group. After fitting the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Duncan A. Forbes

We study the kinematics and dynamics of the globular cluster system of NGC 1399, the central galaxy of the Fornax cluster. The observational data consists of medium resolution spectra, obtained at the Very Large Telescope. Our sample…

We present wide-field multiband photometry of globular cluster (GC) systems in NGC 1399, NGC 1404, and NGC 1387 located at the central region of the Fornax galaxy cluster. Observation was carried out through U, B, V, and I bands, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Hak-Sub Kim , Suk-Jin Yoon , Sangmo Tony Sohn , Sang Chul Kim , Eunhyeuk Kim , Chul Chung , Sang-Yoon Lee , Young-Wook Lee

We have used deep HST/WFPC2 images in V (F606W) and I (F814W) to measure the luminosity distribution of the globular clusters in NGC 4874, the central cD galaxy of the Coma cluster. We find the ``turnover'' point of the globular cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. J. Kavelaars , W. E. Harris , D. A. Hanes , J. E. Hesser , C. J. Pritchet

We present a photometric catalog (based on V and I photometry) of galaxies in the central regions of the Fornax galaxy cluster. Our 11 CCD fields cover 0.17 degrees in total. The limiting surface brightness is around 24 mag arsec^-2,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Hilker , M. Kissler-Patig , T. Richtler , L. Infante , H. Quintana

We have studied the Globular Cluster System of the merger galaxy NGC 1316 in Fornax, using CCD BVI photometry. A clear bimodality is not detected from the broadband colours. However, dividing the sample into red (presumably metal- rich) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Matias Gomez , Tom Richtler , Leopoldo Infante , Georg Drenkhahn
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