The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 35 Issue 1
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- Pages.56.1-56.1
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- 2010
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Near-Infrared Photometric Study of Young Star Clusters in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 1569
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Kyeong, Jae-Mann
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Sung, Eon-Chang
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Kim, Sang-Chul
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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- Chaboyer, Brian (Dartmouth College)
- Published : 2010.04.06
Abstract
We present JHK photometry of star clusters in the dwarf irregular/dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 1569. Adopting several criteria to exclude other sources like foreground stars, background galaxies, etc., ~150 star cluster candidates are identified in the near-infrared images of NGC 1569, which include very young star clusters. From analysis based on theoretical background, we find ten very young star clusters near the center of this galaxy. The total reddening values toward these clusters are estimated from comparison with the theoretical estimates given by star cluster mode.
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