• Title of article

    Distances and ages of NGC 6397, NGC 6752 and 47 Tuc

  • Author/Authors

    Bragaglia، A. نويسنده , , Gratton، R. G. نويسنده , , Carretta، E. نويسنده , , Desidera، S. نويسنده , , Lucatello، S. نويسنده , , Grundahl، F. نويسنده , , Clementini، G. نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    -528
  • From page
    529
  • To page
    0
  • Abstract
    I present optical observations of the Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy UM 462. The images of this galaxy show several bright compact sources. A careful study of these sources has revealed their nature of young Super Star Clusters. The ages determined from the analysis of the stellar continuum and (alpha) are between few and few tens Myr. The total star formation taking place into the clusters is about 0.05 M(odot)/yr. The clusters seem to be located at the edges of two large round-like structures, possibly shells originated in a previous episode of star formation. The sizes of the shells compare well with the ages of the clusters. Evidence for the presence of an evolved underlying stellar population is found.
  • Keywords
    Galaxy: formation , cosmology: distance scale , stars: abundances , stars: evolution , stars: Population II , Galaxy: globular clusters: general
  • Journal title
    Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Record number

    78188