SIMBAD references

2003A&A...397..831S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 397831-838 (2003/1-3)

Age and metallicity of a globular cluster in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy DDO 78.

SHARINA M.E., SIL'CHENKO O.K. and BURENKOV A.N.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the results of moderate resolution spectroscopy for a globular cluster in the M81 group dwarf spheroidal galaxy DDO 78. The DDO 78 globular cluster, 4 Milky Way globular clusters, spectroscopic and radial velocity standards were observed with the Long-slit spectrograph of the 6-m telescope (SAO RAS, Russia). Lick spectrophotometric indices were determined in the bandpasses adopted by Burstein et al. (1984ApJ...287..586B). We have derived the mean metallicity of the globular cluster in DDO78 to be [Fe/H]=-1.6±0.1dex by taking the weighted mean of metallicities obtained from the strength of several absorption features. We have estimated an age for the globular cluster of 9-12Gyr similar to that found for the Galactic globular cluster NGC 362, which resembles the DDO 78 cluster in its chemical abundance and integrated spectrophotometric properties.

Abstract Copyright: ∼

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: star clusters - galaxies: individual: DDO 78

Nomenclature: NAME GC in DDO 78

Simbad objects: 28

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2003A&A...397..831S and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu