A Subaru/Suprime-Cam wide-field survey of globular cluster populations around M87 - I. Observation, data analysis and luminosity function

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 588-600

  Tamura, Naoyuki ^a,b   Sharples, Ray M ^a   Arimoto, Nobuo ^b   Onodera, Masato ^b,c   Ohta, Kouji ^d   Yamada, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: clusters: individual: virgo cluster; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: Formation; Galaxies: Individual: NGC 4486; Galaxies: Individual: NGC 4552; Galaxies: Star clusters

Indexed keywords

CAMS; COLOR; GALAXIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: VIRGO CLUSTER; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 4486; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 4552; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 33751105222     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11067.x     Document Type: Article

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