3 papers
astro-ph2008★ 89 cited
The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey: I - Survey Objectives and Design
David Carter, Paul Goudfrooij, Bahram Mobasher +34
We describe the HST ACS Coma cluster Treasury survey, a deep two-passband imaging survey of one of the nearest rich clusters of galaxies, the Coma cluster (Abell 1656). The survey…
astro-ph2007
Metallicity and mean age across M33
M. -R. L. Cioni, M. Irwin, A. M. N. Ferguson +6
New wide-field near-infrared (NIR) imaging observations of M33 were obtained from UKIRT. These show a large population of intermediate-age stars considerably improving on previous…
astro-ph2003
Newly Discovered Globular Clusters in the Outer Halo of M31
A. Huxor, N. R. Tanvir, M. Irwin +4
We present nine newly discovered globular clusters in the outer halo of M31, found by a semi-automated procedure from a INT Wide Field Camera survey of the region. The sample inclu…