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M31中球状星团的最新观测。II新发现的明亮和遥远的星团

An updated survey of globular clusters in M31. II Newly discovered bright and remote clusters

S. Galleti, M. Bellazzini, L. Federici, A. Buzzoni, F. Fusi Pecci

摘要:

我们提出的候选球状星团位于附近的M31星系的极端郊区的大型光谱调查的第一个结果。我们获得了从2 MASS的XSC中选择的48个目标的低分辨率光谱,如Galleti等人(2005)。观察到的候选人已被强大的分类,根据其径向速度,并通过验证其扩展/点源的性质,从地基光学图像。在观测到的48个候选星团中,我们发现了5个真正的遥远球状星团。其中一个已经由Mackey等人(2007)独立鉴定,他们的GC 1;其他四个是全新的发现:B516,B517,B518,B519。新发现的星团距离M31中心的投影距离为40 kpc<~ Rp <~100 kpc,绝对积分星等为-9.5<MV <-7.5。对于所有观察到的集群,我们测量了最强的舔指数,我们已经获得了光谱金属丰度估计。Mackey-GC 1、Martin-GC 1、B517和B518的光谱是典型的老的和贫金属的球状星团([Fe/H]<~ -1.3); B519看起来老但相当富金属([Fe/H]~-0.5); B516呈现出非常强的巴耳末吸收线:如果这确实是一个星团,它应该有一个相对年轻的年龄(可能<2 Gyr)。目前的分析几乎使R_p> 40 kpc的M31球状星团的数量增加了一倍。与银河系不同的是,M31在其最远的外围似乎有大量非常明亮的球状星团。

英文摘要:

We present the first results of a large spectroscopic survey of candidate globular clusters located in the extreme outskirts of the nearby M31 galaxy. We obtained low resolution spectra of 48 targets selected from the XSC of 2MASS, as in Galleti et al. (2005). The observed candidates have been robustly classified according to their radial velocity and by verifying their extended/point-source nature from ground-based optical images. Among the 48 observed candidates clusters we found 5 genuine remote globular clusters. One of them has been already identified independently by Mackey et al. (2007), their GC1; the other four are completely new discoveries: B516, B517, B518, B519. The newly discovered clusters lie at projected distance 40 kpc<~R_p<~100 kpc from the center of M31, and have absolute integrated magnitude -9.5<M_V<-7.5. For all the observed clusters we have measured the strongest Lick indices and we have obtained spectroscopic metallicity estimates. Mackey-GC1, Martin-GC1, B517 and B518 have spectra typical of old and metal poor globular clusters ([Fe/H]<~ -1.3); B519 appears old but quite metal-rich ([Fe/H]~-0.5); B516 presents very strong Balmer absorption lines: if this is indeed a cluster it should have a relatively young age (likely <2 Gyr). The present analysis nearly doubles the number of M31 globulars at R_p> 40 kpc. At odds with the Milky Way, M31 appears to have a significant population of very bright globular clusters in its extreme outskirts.

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