Luminous red stars in NGC 205

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Feb 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...244l...3g&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 244, Feb. 15, 1981, p. L3-L6.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astronomical Photometry, Elliptical Galaxies, Red Giant Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Brightness, Early Stars, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

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Blue and IR images of the center of the Local Group elliptical galaxy NGC 205 reveal a number of red stars in addition to the well-known young blue stars. Photometry of a dozen of the brightest stars in these images places the red stars between the supergiant region and the Population II giant branch in the H-R diagram. Two alternative interpretations are possible from the present data: (1) the red stars have evolved directly from a unique burst of star formation represented by the blue stars (age not less than 20-million years); and (2) NGC 205 has an extended giant branch of low-mass stars on the upper asymptotic giant branch.

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