SDSSJ103913.70+533029.7: A Super Star Cluster in the Outskirts of a Galaxy Merger
| dc.creator | Knapp, G. R. | |
| dc.creator | Tremonti, C. A. | |
| dc.creator | Rockosi, C. M. | |
| dc.date | 2005-10-31 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:24:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:24:55Z | |
| dc.description | We describe the serendipitous discovery in the spectroscopic data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey of a star-like object, SDSSJ103913.70+533029.7, at a heliocentric radial velocity of +1012 km/s. Its proximity in position and velocity to the spiral galaxy NGC 3310 suggests an association with the galaxy. At this distance, SDSSJ103913.70+533029.7 has the luminosity of a super star cluster and a projected distance of 17 kpc from NGC 3310. Its spectroscopic and photometric properties imply a mass of > 10^6 solar masses and an age close to that of the tidal shells seen around NGC 3310, suggesting that it formed in the event which formed the shells. | |
| dc.description | Accepted by AJ: 4 figures (1 color) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511010 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511010 | |
| dc.identifier | Astron.J.131:859-865,2006 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1086/499304 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195354 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | SDSSJ103913.70+533029.7: A Super Star Cluster in the Outskirts of a Galaxy Merger | |
| dc.type | text |