Scl-dE1 GC1: An Extended Globular Cluster in a Low-Luminosity Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy

Da Costa, Gary; Grebel, E.; Jerjen, Helmut; Rejkuba, Marina; Sharina, M. E.

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Scl-dE1 GC1: An Extended Globular Cluster in a Low-Luminosity Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy

Date

2009

Authors

Da Costa, Gary

Grebel, E.

Jerjen, Helmut

Rejkuba, Marina

Sharina, M. E.

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We report the discovery from Hubble Space Telescope/ACS images of an extended globular cluster, denoted by Scl-dE1 GC1, in the Sculptor Group dwarf Elliptical galaxy Scl-dE1 (Sc22). The distance of the dE is determined as 4.3 ± 0.25 Mpc from the I magnit