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Compact stellar systems and cluster environments
P. Firth, M. J. Drinkwater, A. M. Karick
We have extended the search for luminous (M_{b_J} <= -10.5) compact stellar systems (CSSs) in the Virgo and Fornax galaxy clusters by targeting with the recently commissioned AAOme…
Structural Properties of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies in the Fornax and Virgo Clusters
E. A. Evstigneeva, M. J. Drinkwater, C. Y. Peng +6
We present a detailed analysis of two-band HST/ACS imaging of 21 ultra-compact dwarf (UCD) galaxies in the Virgo and Fornax Clusters. The aim of this work is to test two formation…
Compact Stellar Systems around NGC 1399
P. Firth, M. J. Drinkwater, E. A. Evstigneeva +4
We have obtained spectroscopic redshifts of colour-selected point sources in four wide area VLT-FLAMES fields around the Fornax Cluster giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399, identifyin…
Ultra-Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster
P. Firth, M. J. Drinkwater, E. A. Evstigneeva +6
Our VLT (FLAMES) observations near NGC1399 investigate the connection between ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs), NGC1399 globular clusters and intra-cluster globulars. We have un…
Multi-colour Imaging of Ultra-compact Objects in the Fornax Cluster
A. M. Karick, M. D. Gregg, M. J. Drinkwater +2
Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) are a new type of galaxy we have discovered in the central region of the Fornax and Virgo clusters. Unresolved in ground-based imaging, UCDs hav…
Discovery of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
J. B. Jones, M. J. Drinkwater, R. Jurek +7
We have discovered nine ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) in the Virgo Cluster, extending samples of these objects outside the Fornax Cluster. Using the 2dF multi-fiber spectrogr…