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NGC 3603 — a Local Template for Massive Young Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Bernhard R. Brandl
Affiliation:
Center for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Wolfgang Brandner
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
Frank Eisenhauer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstraße, D-85741 Garching, Germany
Anthony F. J. Moffat
Affiliation:
Department de physique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Francesco Palla
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
Hans Zinnecker
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany

Abstract

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We present a study of the star cluster associated with the massive Galactic HII region NGC 3603 based on near-IR broad- and narrowband observations taken with ISAAC/VLT under excellent seeing conditions (≤ 0.4″). We discuss color-color diagrams and address the impact of the high UV flux on the disk evolution of the low-mass stars.

Type
Part 1. The Star Clusters of Local Group Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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