Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-04-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted to AJ
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/234
We present HST photometry and Keck spectroscopy of globular clusters (GCs) in the nearby S0 galaxy NGC 7457. The V-I color-magnitude diagram of GCs lacks the clear bimodality present in most early-type galaxies; there may be a significant population of intermediate-color objects. Of 13 spectroscopically-observed GCs, two are unusually metal-rich and feature bright [O III] emission lines. We conclude that one probably hosts a planetary nebula and the other a supernova remnant. Such emission line objects should be more common in an intermediate-age stellar population than in an old one. We therefore suggest that, in addition to the typical old metal-rich and old metal-poor GC subpopulations, there may be a third subpopulation of intermediate age. Such a subpopulation may have been formed ~2-3 Gyr ago, in the same star-forming event that dominates the stellar population of the center of the galaxy.
Brodie Jean
Chomiuk Laura
Strader Jay
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