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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XI. The Nature of Diffuse Star Clusters in Early‐Type Galaxies

  • Authors: Eric W. Peng, Patrick Côté, Andrés Jordán, John P. Blakeslee, Laura Ferrarese, Simona Mei, Michael J. West, David Merritt, Milos Milosavljević, and John L. Tonry

Peng et al. 2006 The Astrophysical Journal 639 838.

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Caption: Fig. 7.

Spatial distributions of diffuse sources around VCC 2095, one of the most edge‐on galaxies in our sample. Sources are divided by color at ﹩( g-z) _{0}=1.0﹩. Red sources (left) are generally in excess of the background, while blue sources (right) are consistent with background levels seen in control fields. The red sources are spatially clustered around the disk of the galaxy, supporting the idea that they are intrinsic to the galaxy. Blue sources are scattered more randomly through the field.

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