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[Abridged] We present high-resolution optical HST/STIS observations made with two slits crossing four of the brightest starburst clumps in the vicinity of the nucleus of M82. These provide H_alpha kinematics, extinction, electron density…

We present the age and mass distribution of star clusters in M51. The structural parameters are found by fitting cluster evolution models to the spectral energy distribution consisting of 8 HST-WFPC2 pass bands. There is evidence for a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 M. Gieles , N. Bastian , H. J. G. L. M. Lamers

We study the stellar cluster population in two adjacent fields in the nearby, face-on spiral galaxy, M83, using WFC3/HST imaging. The clusters are selected through visual inspection to be centrally concentrated, symmetric, and resolved on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 N. Bastian , A. Adamo , M. Gieles , E. Silva Villa , H. J. G. L. M Lamers , S. S. Larsen , L. J. Smith , I. S. Konstantopoulos , E. Zackrisson

We have analyzed the trajectories of moving stellar groups in the solar neighborhood in an attempt to estimate the number of supernova explosions in our local environment during the past 20 million years. Using Hipparcos stellar distances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. W. Berghoefer , D. Breitschwerdt

We present the analysis of the stellar content of NGC~2282, a young cluster in the Monoceros constellation, using deep optical $BVI$ and IPHAS photometry along with infrared (IR) data from UKIDSS and $Spitzer$-IRAC. Based on the stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Somnath Dutta , S. Mondal , J. Jose , R. K. Das , M. R. Samal , S. Ghosh

Context: The discovery of new massive star clusters and massive stellar populations in previously known clusters in our Galaxy by means of infrared studies has changed our view of the Milky Way from an inactive to an active star-forming…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-21 S. Ramírez Alegría , A. Herrero , A. Marín-Franch , E. Puga , F. Najarro , J. A. Acosta Pulido , S. L. Hidalgo , S. Simón-Díaz

We present a study of the properties of the star-cluster systems around pseudo-bulges of late-type spiral galaxies using a sample of 11 galaxies with distances from 17 to 37 Mpc. Star clusters are identified from multiband HST ACS and WFPC2…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Daiana Di Nino , Michele Trenti , Massimo Stiavelli , C. Marcella Carollo , Claudia Scarlata , Rosemary F. G. Wyse

Aims. We study the connection between spatially resolved star formation and young star clusters across the disc of M51. Methods. We combine star cluster data based on B, V, and I-band Hubble Space Telescope ACS imaging, together with new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. A. Scheepmaker , H. J. G. L. M. Lamers , P. Anders , S. S. Larsen

We report the discovery of two new globular clusters in the remote halos of M81 and M82 in the M81 Group based on Hubble Space Telescope archive images. They are brighter than typical globular clusters (MV = -9.34 mag for GC-1 and M_V =…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 In Sung Jang , Sungsoon Lim , Hong Soo Park , Myung Gyoon Lee

We present a survey of star clusters in the halo of IC 10, a starburst galaxy in the Local Group based on Subaru R band images and NOAO Local Group Survey UBVRI images. We find five new star clusters. All these star clusters are located far…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Sungsoon Lim , Myung Gyoon Lee

We have applied a new method to analyze the horizontal branch (HB) morphology in relation to the distribution of stars near the red giant branch (RGB) tip for the globular clusters M22, M5, M68, M107, M72, M92, M3 and 47 Tuc. This new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Jimenez , P. Thejll , U. Jorgensen , J. MacDonald , B. Pagel

An overview of our current understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters is given, with main emphasis on high-mass clusters. Clusters form deeply embedded within dense clouds of molecular gas. Left-over gas is cleared within…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Soeren S. Larsen

Star formation in starbursts appears to be biased toward compact clusters, with up to 20% of all stars formed in them. Observations with HST show that many of these clusters have luminosities (-9 > Mv > -16), UBVI colors, and half-light…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francois Schweizer

We present an analysis of compact star clusters in deep HST/WFPC2 images of NGC 1275. B and R band photometry of roughly 3000 clusters shows a bimodality in the B-R colors, suggesting that distinct old and young cluster populations are…

We present broad-band (U, V, I,and H) and narrow-band(H-alpha+[N II] and Paschen-alpha) images of the circumnuclear starburst rings in two nearby spiral galaxies, NGC 1512 and NGC 5248, obtained with WFPC2 and NICMOS on HST. Combined with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dan Maoz , Aaron J. Barth , Luis C. Ho , Amiel Sternberg , Alexei V. Filippenko

We present a new photometric catalog of 326 candidate globular clusters (GCs) in the nearby spiral galaxy M101, selected from B, V, and I Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys images. The luminosity function (LF) of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Lesley A. Simanton , Rupali Chandar , Bradley C. Whitmore

We present a new catalog of star cluster candidates in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. It is based on eight existing catalogs wherein we have cross-referenced identifications and endeavored to resolve inconsistencies between them. Our catalog…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Ata Sarajedini , Conor L. Mancone

We present new analysis of 11 intermediate-age (1-2 Gyr) star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Hubble Space Telescope imaging data. Seven of the clusters feature main sequence turnoff (MSTO) regions that are wider than can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Paul Goudfrooij , Thomas H. Puzia , Rupali Chandar , Vera Kozhurina-Platais

We present new optical spectroscopy with FLAMES/VLT, near-IR imaging with HAWK-I/VLT, and 870 micron mapping with APEX/LABOCA of the Coronet cluster. The optical data allow to estimate spectral types, extinction and the presence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar , Thomas Henning , Jouni Kainulainen , Veronica Roccatagliata

This paper is part of a series devoted to the study of the stellar populations in brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), aimed at setting constraints on the formation and evolution of these objects. We have obtained high signal-to-noise ratio,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. I. Loubser , P. Sanchez-Blazquez , A. E. Sansom , I. K. Soechting