A Young Star Cluster in the Leo a Galaxy

Stonkutė R.; Narbutis D.; Bridžius A.; Leščinskaitė A.; Vansevičius V.

doi:10.1515/astro-2017-0229

Open Astronomy (Sep 2015)

A Young Star Cluster in the Leo a Galaxy

Stonkutė R.,
Narbutis D.,
Bridžius A.,
Leščinskaitė A.,
Vansevičius V.

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Stonkutė R.: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, Vilnius LT-02300, Lithuania
Narbutis D.: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, Vilnius LT-02300, Lithuania
Bridžius A.: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, Vilnius LT-02300, Lithuania
Leščinskaitė A.: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, Vilnius LT-02300, Lithuania
Vansevičius V.: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, Vilnius LT-02300, Lithuania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0229
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 3
pp. 293 – 297

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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 the cluster area, and the results of aperture photometry of the cluster itself are presented.

Published in Open Astronomy

ISSN: 2543-6376 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/astro

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