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Spatial Structure of the Globular Cluster System around NGC 4472

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Eunhyeuk Kim ,
Myung Gyoon Lee  and
Doug Geisler
Eunhyeuk Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University Seoul, 151-742, Korea; [email protected]
Myung Gyoon Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University Seoul, 151-742, Korea; [email protected]
Doug Geisler
Affiliation:
KPNO/NOAO, USA

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NGC 4472 (M49) is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster, and has a rich GCS. Radial surface density profiles of the GCS in this galaxy are well-known (Cohen 1988, Harris 1986). However, little information is available for the ellipticity (e) and position angles of the GCS in NGC 4472. In this study we have investigated in detail the spatial structures of the GCS in NGC 4472 (the surface density, the ellipticity, the color, and the position angle) in comparison with those of the halo, using a large sample of the globular clusters located in a wide field (16′ × 16′) of NGC 4472.

Type
Galactic Connection and Environmental Effects
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 174: Dynamical Evolution of Stars Clusters , 1996 , pp. 391 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

References

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