The SLUGGS survey: the globular cluster systems of three early-type galaxies using wide-field imaging
@article{Kartha2013TheSS, title={The SLUGGS survey: the globular cluster systems of three early-type galaxies using wide-field imaging}, author={Sreeja S. Kartha and Duncan A. Forbes and Lee R. Spitler and Aaron J. Romanowsky and Jacob A. Arnold and Jean P. Brodie}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2013}, volume={437}, pages={273-292} }
We present the results from a wide-field imaging study of globular cluster (GC) systems in three early-type galaxies. Combinations of Subaru/Suprime-Cam, Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope/MegaCam and Hubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Planetary Camera 2/Advanced Camera for Surveys data were used to determine the GC system properties of three highly flattened galaxies NGC 720, NGC 1023 and NGC 2768. This work is the first investigation of the GC system in NGC 720 and NGC 2768 to very large…
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