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Deep Wide-Field Photometry of the NGC 5128 Globular Cluster System: A Progress Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

G. L. H. Harris ,
D. Geisler ,
W. E. Harris  and
J. E. Hesser
G. L. H. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
D. Geisler
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
W. E. Harris
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J. E. Hesser
Affiliation:
HIA/NRC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract

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We have obtained CMR photometry for a roughly 1° square region centered on NGC 5128. Preliminary results indicate that the limiting magnitude of the images is ≳ 1 magnitude fainter than the peak of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) at R ⋍ 21.

Type
Part 2. Globular Cluster Systems of Distant Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 309 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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