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Star Clusters in M31. I. A Catalog and a Study of the Young Clusters

  • Authors: Nelson Caldwell, Paul Harding, Heather Morrison, James A. Rose, Ricardo Schiavon, and Jeff Kriessler

CALDWELL et al. 2009 The Astronomical Journal 137 94.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Hectospectra of young clusters in M31. Spectra of clusters disputed as real by Cohen et al. (2005), the average of three young clusters verified by ACS images, and the average of single, blue supergiant stars as a comparison are shown. If the disputed clusters were in fact merely a few stars mistaken for a cluster, their absorption line widths, particularly the Balmer lines, would be narrow as seen in the blue supergiant spectra. These spectra have been Gaussian-smoothed and have had their continuum shapes removed for ease of display.

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