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Discovery of Likely Globular Clusters in Maffei 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. Buta  and
M. L. McCall
R. Buta
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Box 870324, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
M. L. McCall
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

Abstract

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The Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 was used to image at high resolution the core region of the nearby, heavily obscured massive elliptical galaxy Maffei 1. We report on the discovery of 19 diffuse objects in the WFPC2 field that are likely to be globular clusters associated with Maffei 1. We present some preliminary data on the luminosities, colors, and sizes of these candidates.

Type
Part 2. Globular Cluster Systems of Distant Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 306 - 308
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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