Globular Cluster Population of the HST Frontier Field Galaxy J07173724+3744224
Abstract
We present preliminary results of a study of the globular cluster population of the elliptical galaxy J07173724+3744224 (z~0.2). This galaxy is located in the field-of-view of the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Field observations of galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745. Measurements of the spatial and color radial distributions of the globular cluster population are given. We also present an estimate of the total number of globular clusters and the globular cluster specific frequency of the host galaxy.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #227
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AAS...22724008C