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A peculiar object in M 51: fuzzy star cluster or a background galaxy?*
- Source :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics; January 2008, Vol. 477 Issue: 1 p117-123, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Aims.We study a peculiar object with a projected position close to the nucleus of M 51. It is unusually large for a star cluster in M 51 and we therefore investigate the three most likely options to explain this object: (a) a background galaxy, (b) a cluster in the disk of M 51 and (c) a cluster in M 51, but in front of the disk.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046361 and 14320746
- Volume :
- 477
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs53171300
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078359