A Young Globular Cluster in the Galaxy NGC 6946

Details A Young Globular Cluster in the Galaxy NGC 6946 A Young Globular Cluster in the Galaxy NGC 6946

2000-01-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001517v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

20 pages, 7 figures, accepted for Astrophysical Journal Vol 535, June 1 2000

Scientific paper

10.1086/308898

A globular cluster ~15 My old that contains 5x10^5 Msun of stars inside an 11 pc radius has been found in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 6946, surrounded by clouds of dust and smaller young clusters inside a giant circular bubble 300 pc in radius. At the edge of the bubble is an arc of regularly-spaced clusters that could have been triggered during the bubble's formation. The region is at the end of a spiral arm, suggesting an origin by the asymmetric collapse of spiral arm gas. The globular is one of the nearest examples of a cluster that is similar to the massive old globulars in the Milky Way. We consider the energetics of the bubble and possible formation mechanisms for the globular cluster, including the coalescence of smaller clusters.

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