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2005MNRAS.360.1007H - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 360, 1007-1012 (2005/July-1)

A new population of extended, luminous star clusters in the halo of M31.

HUXOR A.P., TANVIR N.R., IRWIN M.J., IBATA R., COLLETT J.L., FERGUSON A.M.N., BRIDGES T. and LEWIS G.F.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present three new clusters discovered in the halo of M31 which, although having globular-like colours and luminosities, have unusually large half-light radii, ∼30 pc. They lie at projected galactocentric distances of ~15 to ~35 kpc. These objects begin to fill the gap in parameter space between globular clusters and dwarf spheroidals, and are unlike any clusters found in the Milky Way, or elsewhere to date. Colour-magnitude diagrams, integrated photometric properties and derived King profile fit parameters are given, and we discuss possible origins of these clusters and their relationships to other populations.

Abstract Copyright: 2005 RAS

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: individual: M31 - galaxies: star clusters

Nomenclature: Table 1: M31WFS CN (Nos C1-C3).

CDS comments: Cluster G1 = SKHB 1.

Simbad objects: 29

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