Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-l7hp2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-30T16:23:25.343Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The NGC 5128 Cluster System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Hugh C. Harris
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Observatory
Gretchen L. H. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo
James E. Hesser
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Hertzberg Institute of Physics

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

We review what has been learned about the globular clusters in NGC 5128 (Cen A). Two independent programs (our work at CTIO and Sharples” work at the AAT) have confirmed 87 objects as clusters in NGC 5128 from their velocities. We discuss the colors of the clusters, which are indicative of a wide range of metallicities, their velocities, and their origin as genuine globular clusters in this elliptical galaxy.

Type
Chapter III. Review Papers on Globular Clusters in Nearby Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

References

REFERENCES

Battistini, P., Bonoli, F., Braccesi, A., Federici, L., Fusi Pecci, F. and Marano, B. 1986 preprint.Google Scholar
Blanco, V. M., Graham, J. A., Lasker, B. M. and Osmer, P. 1975 Astrophys. J. Letters 198, L63.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Christian, C. A. 1987 in Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies Grindlay, J. E. and Philip, A. G. D., eds., Reidel, Dordrecht, p. 187.Google Scholar
Dufour, R. J., van den Bergh, S., Harvel, C. A., Martins, D. H., Schiffer, F. H., Talbot, R. J., Talent, D. L. and Wells, D. C. 1979 Astron. J. 84, 284.Google Scholar
Frogel, J. A. 1984 Astrophys. J. 278, 119.Google Scholar
Graham, J. A. and Phillips, M. M. 1980 Astrophys. J. Letters 239, L97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Harris, G. L. H., Hesser, J. E., Harris, H. C. and Curry, P. J. 1984 Astrophys. J. 287, 175.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Harris, H. C., Harris, G. L. H., Hesser, J. E. and MacGillivray, H. T. 1984 Astrophys. J. 287, 185.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Heisler, J., Tremaine, S. and Bahcall, J. N. 1985 Astrophys. J. 298, 8.Google Scholar
Hesser, J. E., Harris, H. C., van den Bergh, S. and Harris, G. L. H. 1981 in Astrophysical Parameters for Globular Clusters Philip, A. G. D. and Hayes, D. S., eds., L. Davis Press, Schenectady, p. 467.Google Scholar
Hesser, J. E., Harris, H. C., van den Bergh, S. and Harris, G. L. H. 1984 Astrophys. J. 276, 491.Google Scholar
Hesser, J. E., Harris, H. C. and Harris, G. L. H. 1986 Astrophys. J. Letters 303, L51.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hodge, P. W. 1983 Astrophys. J. 264, 470.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Malin, D. F., Quinn, P. J. and Graham, J. A. 1983 Astrophys. J. Letters 272, L5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mateo, M. 1987 in Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies Grindlay, J. E. and Philip, A. G. D., eds., Reidel, Dordrecht, p. 557.Google Scholar
Mould, J. R., Oke, J. B. and Nemec, J. M. 1986, preprint.Google Scholar
Pennington, R. L. 1984 A Surface Photometric Study of NGC 5128, Rice University (Ph.D. Thesis).Google Scholar
Peterson, C. J. 1986 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 98, 192.Google Scholar
Phillips, M. M. 1981 Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 197, 659.Google Scholar
Reed, B. C. 1985 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 97, 120.Google Scholar
Sharples, R. M. 1987 in Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies Grindlay, J. E. and Philip, A. G. D., eds., Reidel, Dordrecht, p. 545.Google Scholar
Strom, S. E., Forte, J. C., Harris, W. E., Strom, K. M., Wells, D. C. and Smith, M. G. 1981 Astrophys. J., 245, 416.Google Scholar
van den Bergh, S. 1976 Astrophys. J. 208, 673.Google Scholar
van den Bergh, S. 1981 Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 46, 79.Google Scholar
van den Bergh, S. 1985 Astrophys. J. 297, 361.Google Scholar
van den Bergh, S., Hesser, J. E. and Harris, G. L. H. 1981 Astron. J., 86, 24.Google Scholar
Webbink, R. F. 1985 in IAU Symposium No. 113, Dynamics of Star Clusters, Goodman, J. and Hut, P., eds., Reidel, Dordrecht, p. 541.Google Scholar
Wilkinson, A., Sharples, R. M., Fosbury, R. A. E. and Wallace, P. T. 1986 Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 218, 297.Google Scholar