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位于螺旋星系M33外缘的扩展星团

An extended star cluster at the outer edge of the spiral galaxy M33

Rima Stonkute, Vladas Vansevicius, Nobuo Arimoto, Takashi Hasegawa, Donatas Narbutis, Naoyuki Tamura, Pascale Jablonka, Kouji Ohta, Yoshihiko Yamada

摘要:

我们报告了在旋涡星系M33的外缘发现一个扩展的球状星团M33-EC 1。它与星团的距离为890 kpc,距离M33中心的投影距离为12.5 kpc。年龄大(>~7 Gyr)和金属丰度低([M/H] <~ -1.4)是根据等时线拟合估计的。给出了该星团区域内恒星的色星等图、光度参数和结构参数。星团的光度(M_V = -6.6)和半光半径(r_h = 20.3 pc)与在更明亮的本群星系、银河系和M31中发现的扩展球状星团相当。扩展的球状星团被怀疑是吸积矮星系的残余,在晚型矮旋涡星系M33中发现这样的星团意味着过去复杂的合并历史。

英文摘要:

We report a discovery of an extended globular-like star cluster, M33-EC1, at the outer edge of the spiral galaxy M33. The distance to the cluster is 890 kpc, and it lies at a 12.5 kpc projected distance from the center of M33. Old age (>~7 Gyr) and low metallicity ([M/H] <~ -1.4) are estimated on the basis of isochrone fits. Color-magnitude diagrams of stars, located in the cluster's area, photometric and structural parameters of the cluster are presented. Cluster's luminosity (M_V = -6.6) and half-light radius (r_h = 20.3 pc) are comparable to those of the extended globular clusters, discovered in more luminous Local Group galaxies, the Milky Way and M31. Extended globular clusters are suspected to be remnants of accreted dwarf galaxies, and the finding of such a cluster in the late-type dwarf spiral galaxy M33 would imply a complex merging history in the past.

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