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旋涡星系NGC3370的星团人口

The Star Cluster Population of the Spiral Galaxy NGC3370

Michele Cantiello, Enzo Brocato, John P. Blakeslee

摘要:

目的:研究晚型Sc螺旋星系NGC 3370中星团系统的光度和结构性质。方法.来自HST上的高级测量相机的BVI观测被用来详细分析候选星系团的颜色、大小和空间特性。用于研究的源的最终目录由277个对象组成。结果聚类候选者的颜色分布呈现多模态。虽然严格的年龄限制需要使用更多的年龄敏感指标,但将候选星团的颜色与银河系和麦哲伦星云星团的颜色进行比较,表明各个次峰之间的年龄差异,红色的老子系统,中间年龄(~1 Gyr)的丰富人口,以及非常年轻(低于~ 1亿年)的蓝色尾巴星团。对于这类星系,光度函数似乎是正常的,就像星系团有效半径(Reff)的分布一样。我们的分析表明,在Reff分布中存在一个峰值,大约在3.0 pc处,蓝色(可能是年轻的)集群候选者相对于红色(可能是老的)对象显示出较小的半径。最后,检查候选球状星团的属性,我们发现一个颜色分布匹配的银河球状,与一个中位数[Fe/H] -1.5 dex,虽然一个不可忽略的尾巴朝低金属丰度也存在。

英文摘要:

Aims.We study the photometric and structural properties of the star cluster system in the late type Sc spiral NGC 3370. Methods. BVI observations from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board of HST are used to analyse in detail the colours, magnitudes and spatial properties of cluster candidates. The final catalogue of sources used for the study is composed by 277 objects. Results. The colour distributions of cluster candidates appear multi-modal. Although firm age constraints need the use of more age sensitive indicators, the comparison of cluster candidate colours with the colours of Galactic and Magellanic Clouds star clusters, suggests an age difference between the various sub-peaks, with a red old sub-system, a rich population of intermediate age (~1 Gyr), and a blue tail of very young (below ~100 Myr) clusters. The luminosity functions appear normal for this type of galaxy, as for the distribution of cluster effective radii (Reff). Our analysis suggests the presence of a peak in the Reff distribution at ~3.0 pc, with blue (likely young) cluster candidates showing smaller radii respect to red (likely old) objects. Finally, inspecting the properties of candidate globular clusters, we find a colour distribution matching with Galactic Globulars, with a median [Fe/H] -1.5 dex, though a non negligible tail towards lower metallicities is also present.

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