Planetary Camera observations of NGC 1275 - Discovery of a central population of compact massive blue star clusters

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Mar 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aj....103..691h&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 103, March 1992, p. 691-702, 1020-1023.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photography, Blue Stars, Faint Object Camera, Globular Clusters, H Alpha Line, Star Clusters, Hubble Space Telescope, Milky Way Galaxy, Seyfert Galaxies, Star Formation

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The discovery of a population of bright blue pointlike sources within 5 kpc of the nucleus of NGC 1275 using HST Planetary Camera observations is reported. The typical object has MV of about -12 to -14. They are all blue, with V - R of less than about 0.3. The color distribution and lack of excess H-alpha emission are consistent with nearly all being continuum sources. Many sources are unresolved even with the HST and consequently have sizes of less than about 15 pc. It is suggested that these are young star clusters that will evolve to look like globular clusters. They are bluer than any clusters seen in the Milky Way or M87, and brighter than the blue clusters seen in the LMC. Ages of several hundred million years or less and corresponding masses of 10 exp 5 - 10 exp 8 solar masses are derived.

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