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Spectral Energy Distributions of M81 Globular Clusters in the BATC Multicolor Survey

Authors :
Jianghua Wu
Xu Zhou
Jiansheng Chen
Jun Ma
David Burstein
Zhaoji Jiang
Tianmen Zhang
Source :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 118:98-106
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2006.

Abstract

In this paper, we give the spectral energy distributions of 42 M81 globular clusters in 13 intermediate-band filters from 4000 to 10000 A, using the CCD images of M81 observed as part of the BATC multicolor survey of the Sky. The BATC multicolor filter system is specifically designed to exclude most of the bright and variable night-sky emission lines including the OH forest. Hence, it can present accurate SEDs of the observed objects. These spectral energy distributions are low-resolution spectra, and can reflect the stellar populations of the globular clusters. This paper confirms the conclusions of Schroder et al. that, M81 contains clusters as young as a few Gyrs, which also were observed in both M31 and M33<br />Accepted for Publication in PASP, 10 pages, 3 figures

Details

ISSN :
15383873 and 00046280
Volume :
118
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1f1b8273a37138c750068a649d54f70a