Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984a%26a...130..162b&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 130, no. 1, Jan. 1984, p. 162-166.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Photography, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Globular Clusters, Spiral Galaxies, Galactic Evolution, Open Clusters, Star Distribution
Scientific paper
A preliminary list of globular cluster candidates in the late-type spiral galaxy NGC 2403 is presented. Nineteen objects brighter than V = 20 with images different from those of typical stars and galaxies were selected on a deep plate, taken with the Loiano 152 cm, F/8 telescope. Magnitudes and colors of all the candidates were then obtained from two B and two V plates. Spectra of objects in the list, obtained with the 2.7 m McDonald telescope, confirmed the cluster nature of some candidates and, coupled with color information, suggested the existence of a cluster population probably consisting of three components: (1) young open clusters; (2) intermediate age clusters like those already found in the Magellanic Clouds and in other late spirals (M 33, NGC 253, NGC 55); and (3) true globulars. If confirmed, this result gives further support to the suggestion that massive clusters formed over a much longer period of time in Sc galaxies than in the Galaxy and in M 31.
Battistini P.
Bònoli Fabrizio
Federici Luciana
Fusi Pecci Flavio
Kron Richard G.
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