Journal article
ULTRA-COMPACT DWARFS IN THE CORE OF THE COMA CLUSTER**Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555. These observations are associated with program 10861.
Abstract
We have discovered both a red and a blue subpopulation of ultra-compact dwarf (UCD) galaxy candidates in the Coma galaxy cluster. We analyzed deep F475W (Sloan g) and F814W (I) Hubble Space Telescope images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Channel as part of the Coma Cluster Treasury Survey and have fitted the light profiles of ∼5000 point-like sources in the vicinity of NGC 4874, one of the two central dominant galaxies …
Authors
Madrid JP; Graham AW; Harris WE; Goudfrooij P; Forbes DA; Carter D; Blakeslee JP; Spitler LR; Ferguson HC
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 722, No. 2, pp. 1707–1715
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
October 20, 2010
DOI
10.1088/0004-637x/722/2/1707
ISSN
0004-637X