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Deep Wide-Field Photometry of the NGC 5128 Globular Cluster System: A Progress Report

Gretchen L. H. Harris, Doug Geisler, William E. Harris, J. E. Hesser

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We have obtained CMR photometry for a roughly 1° square region centered on NGC 5128. Preliminary results indicate that the limiting magnitude of the images is ≳ 1 magnitude fainter than the peak of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) at R ⋍ 21.

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We have obtained CMR photometry for a roughly 1° square region centered on NGC 5128. Preliminary results indicate that the limiting magnitude of the images is ≳ 1 magnitude fainter than the peak of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) at R ⋍ 21.

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We have obtained CMR photometry for a roughly 1° square region centered on NGC 5128. Preliminary results indicate that the limiting magnitude of the images is ≳ 1 magnitude fainter than the peak of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF) at R ⋍ 21.

Key concepts: Globular cluster, Photometry (optics), Astrophysics, Physics, Limiting, Astronomy, Limiting magnitude, Magnitude (astronomy)

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