GTC spectroscopic study of stellar clusters in M81

Autores
Dr.
Divakara Mayya
Fecha y hora
29 Ene 2014 - 11:30 Europe/London
Dirección

Aula

Idioma de la charla
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Idioma de la presentación
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Número en la serie
1
Descripción

The nearby spiral galaxy M81 contains a population of 3 kinds of stellar clusters - super star clusters, globular clusters and fuzzy clusters. Over the past few years, we have taken GTC longslit spectra of around 20 of these clusters, with the intention of obtaining their spectroscopic ages. These spectra have allowed us to understand the nature of the brightest globular cluster in this galaxy. In addition, we were able to address the problem of the origin of the fuzzy clusters. In the talk, I will summarize the results we have obtained so far.