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A Search for Globular Clusters in the Surroundings of Dwarf Galaxies in Fornax: Intracluster Globulars?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Lilia P. Bassino ,
Sergio A. Cellone  and
Juan C. Forte
Lilia P. Bassino
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900—La Plata, Argentina
Sergio A. Cellone
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900—La Plata, Argentina
Juan C. Forte
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900—La Plata, Argentina

Abstract

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We present the results of a search for globular clusters in the surroundings of 15 low surface brightness dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster, on CCD images in the C and T1 bands. Globular cluster candidates show a clear bimodal color distribution. Their surface density distribution shows no concentration towards the respective dwarf galaxies but it does show concentration towards the center of the Fornax cluster. We suggest that the potential globular clusters might not be bound to the dwarf galaxies, but might instead belong to the intra-cluster medium.

Type
Part 2. Globular Cluster Systems of Distant Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 345 - 347
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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