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The Globular Clusters of the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: Properties, Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Eduardo Hardy
Eduardo Hardy*
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Camino del Observatorio 1515, Santiago-Chile, ehardy@nrao.edu

Abstract

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The power of HST to resolve dense stellar aggregates is such that most of the relevant information on the stellar populations of Fornax was obtained only recently. These results are presented here both for the globular clusters and for the field. But Fornax has probably been the most often studied dSph galaxy, partly on account of its abundant system of globular clusters. A brief retrospective is presented, not only for its historical interest but also because it reveals the striking improvement in observational tools and analysis techniques that has taken place over the last twenty years.

Type
Part 1. The Star Clusters of Local Group Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 62 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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