Published 1980 | Version v1
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Star clusters as touchstones for theories of galactic evolution - a few examples

  • 1. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)

Description

Observations of NGC 5128 (Cen A) show that this giant elliptical galaxy contains few globular clusters. The fact that the number of globular clusters per unit luminosity in E galaxies has a range of approximately 102 indicates that different ellipticals were formed in differing physical environments. It is pointed out that more data on the frequency with which globular clusters occur in elliptical galaxies might place interesting constraints on theories of galaxy clustering. (Auth.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
D. Reidel.
Imprint Place
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
90-277-1087-2
Imprint Title
Star clusters
Imprint Pagination
537 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1-12.

Conference

Title
International Astronomical Union symposium no. 85 on star clusters.
Dates
27 - 30 Aug 1979.
Place
Victoria, B.C., Canada.

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
12572380
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; LUMINOSITY; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; STAR CLUSTERS
Descriptors DEC
DATA; GALAXIES; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Includes author, object and subject indexes.