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.

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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

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Keywords: galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: star clusters; globular clusters: general

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Astronomical Journal

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Journal article

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2037-12-31