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Resolving Globular Clusters in the Fornax Cluster and Beyond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Carl J. Grillmair ,
Jon Holtzman  and
Rebecca Elson
Carl J. Grillmair
Affiliation:
SIRTF Science Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Jon Holtzman
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University, Dept. 4500, Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
Rebecca Elson
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK

Abstract

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We describe an ongoing program to measure structural parameters for globular clusters with a range of ages in early-type galaxies. Using deep, optimally-dithered HST WFPC2 observations of NGC 3597, NGC 1316, and NGC 1399, we apply a χ2 minimization method to the determination of cluster sizes. The goals include studying the structure spectrum of stellar clusters at birth, and determining the rate at which tidal and evaporative destruction mechanisms operate to alter luminosity functions and specific frequencies to what we see in ellipticals today.

Type
Part 2. Globular Cluster Systems of Distant Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 327 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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