Carlson, Matthew N. and Holtzman, Jon A. and Grillmair, Carl J. and Mould, Jeremy R. and Griffiths, Richard E. and Ballester, Gilda E. and Burrows, Christopher J. and Clarke, John T. and Crisp, David and Evans, Robin W. and Gallagher, John S., III and Hester, J. Jeff and Hoessel, John G. and Scowen, Paul A. and Stapelfeldt, Karl R. and Trauger, John T. and Watson, Alan M. and Westphal, James A. (1999) Deep Hubble Space Telescope observations of blue star clusters in NGC 3597. Astronomical Journal, 117 (4). pp. 1700-1707. ISSN 0004-6256. doi:10.1086/300819. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150123-132606400
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We have analyzed HST/WFPC2 images of NGC 3597 and find ~700 compact objects surrounding the galaxy with an average (B-R)_0~0.6. We propose that the majority of these objects are young globular clusters. They have a spread in colors that is consistent with that expected for a population of young clusters with a common age and spread induced by photometric errors and reddening within NGC 3597. If these objects were similar to the Galactic globular cluster system seen at a younger age, we would predict a turnover in the luminosity function at B~23. However, we find that the luminosity function for the clusters is increasing to the limits of our photometry (B~27).
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| Additional Information: | © 1999 American Astronomical Society. Received 1998 December 1; accepted 1999 January 12. This work was supported in part by NASA under contract NAS 7-918 to J. P. L. and a grant to M. C. from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium. | ||||||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | galaxies : star clusters | ||||||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1086/300819 | ||||||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20150123-132606400 | ||||||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Deep Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Blue Star Clusters in NGC 3597 Matthew N. Carlson et al. 1999 The Astronomical Journal 117 1700 | ||||||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | ||||||||||||
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