Young star clusters in M31
arXiv:0708.3856 · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6933-8_50
Abstract
In our study of M31's globular cluster system with MMT/Hectospec, we have obtained high-quality spectra of 85 clusters with ages less than 1 Gyr. With the exception of Hubble V, the young cluster in NGC 205, we find that these young clusters have kinematics and spatial distribution consistent with membership in M31's young disk. Preliminary estimates of the cluster masses and structural parameters, using spectroscopically derived ages and HST imaging, confirms earlier suggestions that M31 has clusters similar to the LMC's young populous clusters.
4 pages, 1 figure, contributed talk at "Galaxies in the Local Volume" conference in Sydney, July 2007
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