HST gz magnitude of NGC 1023 star clusters Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Forbes D.A.
  2. Almeida A.
  3. Spitler L.R.
  4. Pota V.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Faint fuzzies (FFs) are a relatively new class of star cluster, first found in the nearby S0 galaxy NGC 1023 by Larsen & Brodie (2000AJ....120.2938L) using Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Here, we investigate the star cluster system of NGC 1023 using an eight pointing mosaic of Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) images from HST. We identify blue and red normal globular clusters (two of which are particularly luminous and dense) and two ultracompact dwarf objects (with effective radius ~10pc). With our more complete spatial coverage, we also find 81 red and 27 blue FFs. We confirm the association of the red FFs with the disc of NGC 1023, consistent with them being long-lived open clusters. Half of the blue FFs appear to be associated with the dwarf satellite galaxy NGC 1023A (which was largely absent from the original HST/WFPC2 coverage), while the remainder are spatially coincident with the densest HI gas that surrounds NGC 1023. The blue FFs have colours that are consistent with young (few 100Myr old) star clusters that formed during the most recent interaction between NGC 1023 and its satellite NGC 1023A.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. stellar-associations
  3. hst-photometry
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2014MNRAS.442.1049F
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2015-06-11T08:49:31Z
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