Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1984
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 276, Jan. 15, 1984, p. 491-508. Research supported by the Natural Sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Structure, Globular Clusters, Star Distribution, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Mass Distribution, Metallicity, Radial Velocity, Radio Galaxies, Stellar Luminosity, Ubv Spectra
Scientific paper
The study of the globular cluster system of NGC 5128 in an earlier paper is extented. Spectroscopic observations of two samples of cluster candidates have been obtained with the CTIO 4 m telescope and SIT spectrograph: (1) 13 candidates believed from visual inspection to be nonstellar; and (2) 13 objects selected only by magnitude and color. All told, 20 clusters have now been spectroscopically confirmed. PDS photometry and intensity moment analyses of their images provide information on the color, luminosity, and structural properties of the cluster system, and of selection effects inherent in the data base. The velocity data are used to estimate the mass of NGC 5128, while new star counts made on a UK Schmidt plate centered on NGC 5128 yield information on the total number of clusters. A new distance estimate is made using the cumulative luminosity function of the cluster system.
Harris Gretchen L. H.
Harris Hugh C.
Hesser James Edward
van den Bergh Sidney
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