Red giant stars in NGC 5128

Details Red giant stars in NGC 5128 Red giant stars in NGC 5128

2004-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0407636v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 4 figures, contributed talk at the ESO Workshop: "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way", held at ESO-Garching (Germ

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I present a selection of results obtained from VLT FORS1 and ISAAC photometric monitoring of late-type giants in NGC 5128 (=Centaurus A). The combination of optical and near-IR photometry allows to probe the full metallicity range of the stars on the upper red giant branch, thanks to combined low-metallicity sensitivity of the optical and high-metallicity sensitivity of the near-IR bands. The metallicity distribution covers a wide range with the mean value around [M/H] ~ -0.45 dex. The near-IR monitoring of the variable AGB stars allows to gain insights into the age distribution. The period distribution of these long period variables indicates only about 10% contribution of the intermediate-age component (age < 5 Gyr) to the predominantly old stellar halo. Among the brightest, large amplitude and long period variables only very few have near-IR and optical colors consistent with carbon-rich giants.

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