Dwarf elliptical galaxies in Centaurus A group: stellar populations in AM 1339-445 and AM 1343-452

Rejkuba, Marina; Da Costa, Gary; Jerjen, Helmut; Zoccali, M; Binggeli, Bruno

Dwarf elliptical galaxies in Centaurus A group: stellar populations in AM 1339-445 and AM 1343-452

Date

2006

Authors

Rejkuba, Marina

Da Costa, Gary

Jerjen, Helmut

Zoccali, M

Binggeli, Bruno

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

We study the red giant populations of two dE galaxies, AM 1339-445 and AM 1343-452, with the aim of investigating the number and luminosity of any upper asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars present. The galaxies are members of the Centaurus A group (D ≈