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The Carbon Star Population in the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M. Azzopardi ,
G. Muratorio ,
J. Breysacher  and
B. E. Westerlund
M. Azzopardi
Affiliation:
IGRAP, Observatoire de Marseille, F-13248 Marseille Cedex 04, France
G. Muratorio
Affiliation:
IGRAP, Observatoire de Marseille, F-13248 Marseille Cedex 04, France
J. Breysacher
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany
B. E. Westerlund
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala University, S-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

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Our systematic searches for carbon stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have led to more than a doubling of the number of carbon stars known in this system, to 104. Furthermore, low-luminosity carbon stars resembling those we had previously found in the Small Magellanic Cloud have been identified in this system. We review the carbon star surveys carried out in the Fornax dwarf and present our main results. The Fornax carbon star population is compared to those of other Galactic halo dwarf systems.

Type
Part 2: The Database
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 192: The Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 144 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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