A Young Star Cluster in the Leo a Galaxy

We report a serendipitous discovery of a star cluster in the dwarf irregular galaxy Leo A. Young age (~28 Myr) and low mass (~510 M⊙) estimates are based on the isochrone fit assuming a metallicity derived for HII regions (Z = 0.0007). The color-magnitude diagrams of the stars, located in and around...

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Main Authors: Stonkutė R., Narbutis D., Bridžius A., Leščinskaitė A., Vansevičius V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-09-01
Series:Open Astronomy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0229