Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-18
Astron.J.132:883-890,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
AJ in press; 22 pages including 9 figures. See http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0602.html for PR image using thes
Scientific paper
10.1086/505689
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) images are used to identify and study star cluster candidates in the nearby spiral galaxy M101. About 3000 round, slightly-resolved cluster candidates are identified in 10 ACS pointings covering an area of 106 arcmin^2. The cluster candidates' color and size distributions are consistent with those of star clusters in other nearby spirals. The majority of the M101 candidates are blue and more likely to be associated with the galaxy's spiral arms, implying that they are young. The galaxy-luminosity-normalized number of `young massive clusters' in M101 is similar to that found in other spirals, as is the cluster density at a fiducial absolute magnitude. We confirm a previous finding that M101 has a large number of faint, red star clusters: if these are old globular clusters then this galaxy has a very large globular cluster population. More plausible is that the faint red clusters are reddened young clusters; their colors and luminosities are also consistent with this explanation.
Barmby Pauline
Brodie Jean P.
Huchra John P.
Kuntz Kip D.
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