Ages of Star Clusters in the Tidal Tails of Merging Galaxies
Ages of Star Clusters in the Tidal Tails of Merging Galaxies
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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We study the stellar content in the tidal tails of three nearby merging galaxies, NGC 520, NGC 2623, and NGC 3256, using BVI imaging taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope. The tidal tails in all three systems contain compact and fairly massive young star clusters, embedded in a sea of diffuse, unresolved ste...
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Ages of Star Clusters in the Tidal Tails of Merging Galaxies
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2082322434
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2082322434
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2331-8422
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10.48550/arxiv.1504.05585
