Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-05-15
Astrophys.J.699:L84-L87,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
7 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/L84
We investigate the stellar content of the starburst dwarf galaxy IC10 using accurate and deep optical data collected with the Advanced Camera for Surveys and with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope. The comparison between theory and observations indicates a clear change in age distribution when moving from the center toward the external regions. Moreover, empirical calibrators and evolutionary predictions suggest the presence of a spread in heavy element abundance of the order of one-half dex. The comparison between old and intermediate-age core He-burning models with a well defined overdensity in the color-magnitude diagram indicates the presence of both intermediate-age, red clump stars and of old, red horizontal branch stars.
Bono Giuseppe
Buonanno Roberto
Caputo Filippina
Cassisi Santi
Castellani Marco
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