3 papers
astro-ph2005
SINFONI in the Galactic Center: young stars and IR flares in the central light month
F. Eisenhauer, R. Genzel, T. Alexander +18
We report 75 milli-arcsec resolution, near-IR imaging spectroscopy within the central 30 light days of the Galactic Center [...]. To a limiting magnitude of K~16, 9 of 10 stars in…
astro-ph2002
Extragalactic Globular Clusters in the Near-Infrared
M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, M. Hilker +5
Visual and near-infrared colours are used to identify intermediate-age globular cluster in early-type galaxies. In NGC5846 and NGC4365 colour-colour diagrams (V-I vs. V-K) reveal a…
astro-ph2002
The Chemistry of Extragalactic Globular Clusters
M. Kissler-Patig, T. H. Puzia, R. Bender +6
We present preliminary results of VLT/FORS spectroscopy of globular clusters in nearby early-type galaxies. Our project aims at studying the chemistry and determine the ages of glo…