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The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. VI. The Kinematics of Ultra-compact Dwarfs and Globular Clusters in M87
Hong-Xin Zhang, Eric W. Peng, Patrick Cote +19
The origin of ultra-compact dwarfs (UCDs)--objects larger and more massive than typical globular clusters (GCs), but more compact than typical dwarf galaxies--has been hotly debate…
The chemical composition of Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo and Fornax Clusters
K. J. Francis, M. J. Drinkwater, Igor V. Chilingarian +2
We present spectroscopic observations of ultra compact dwarf (UCD) galaxies in the Fornax and Virgo Clusters made to measure and compare their stellar populations. The spectra were…
The Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS): Performance and Data Reduction
Michael Dopita, Jonghwan Rhee, Catherine Farage +7
This paper describes the on-telescope performance of the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS). The design characteristics of this instrument, at the Research School of Astronomy and Ast…
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…
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…
Searches for Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies in Galaxy Groups
E. A. Evstigneeva, M. J. Drinkwater, R. Jurek +4
We present the results of a search for ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) in six different galaxy groups: Dorado, NGC1400, NGC0681, NGC4038, NGC4697 and NGC5084. We searched in th…