Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-10-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of IAU Colloquium 198, "Near-Field Cosmology With Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies", editors H. Jerje
Scientific paper
10.1017/S1743921305003856
We report the discovery of three new star clusters in the halo of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. These clusters were found in the deep images taken with the MegaPrime at the CFHT, covering a total field of 2 deg x 2 deg. The most remote cluster is found to be located as far as 79 arcmin away from the center of NGC 6822. This distance is several times larger than the size of the region in NGC 6822 where star clusters were previously found. Morphological structures of the clusters and color-magnitude diagrams of the resolved stars in the clusters show that at least two of these clusters are proabably old globular clusters.
Chun Mun-Suk
Han Wonyong
Hwang Narae
Kim Ho-Ilkim
Kim Sang Chul
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