A search for ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in the Centaurus galaxy cluster

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Mieske, S ^a   Hilker, M ^a   Jordan A ^a   Infante, L ^b   Kissler Patig, M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: clusters: individual: centaurus; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: Fundamental parameters; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: star clusters

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; KINEMATICS; LUMINANCE;

FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTER (GC) LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; NUCLEI; STAR CLUSTERS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 34548336865     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077631     Document Type: Article

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