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2006AJ....131..859K - Astron. J., 131, 859-865 (2006/February-0)

SDSS J103913.70+533029.7: a super star cluster in the outskirts of a galaxy merger.

KNAPP G.R., TREMONTI C.A., ROCKOSI C.M., SCHLEGEL D.J., YANNY B., BEERS T.C., ALLENDE PRIETO C., WILHELM R., LUPTON R.H., GUNN J.E., NIEDERSTE-OSTHOLT M., SCHNEIDER D.P., COVEY K., SETH A., IVEZIC Z., EISENSTEIN D.J., HELMBOLDT J., FINKBEINER D.P., PADMANABHAN N., KLEINMAN S.J., LONG D., SNEDDEN S.A., NITTA A., HARVANEK M., KRZESINSKI J., BREWINGTON H.J., BARENTINE J.C., NEWMAN P.R., NIELSEN E.H.Jr, FUKUGITA M. and BRINKMANN J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We describe the serendipitous discovery in the spectroscopic data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey of a starlike object, SDSS J103913.70+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, SDSS J103913.70+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 >106 M☉ and an age close to that of the tidal shells seen around NGC 3310, suggesting that it formed in the event that formed the shells.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Formation - Galaxies: Individual: NGC Number: NGC 3310 - Galaxies: Starburst - Galaxies: Star Clusters

Simbad objects: 9

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