TY - JOUR
T1 - SDSS J103913.70+533029.7
T2 - A Super star cluster in the outskirts of a galaxy merger
AU - Knapp, Gillian R.
AU - Tremonti, Christy A.
AU - Rockosi, Constance M.
AU - Schlegel, David J.
AU - Yanny, Brian
AU - Beers, Timothy C.
AU - Prieto, Carlos Allende
AU - Wilhelm, Ron
AU - Lupton, Robert H.
AU - Gunn, James E.
AU - Niederste-Ostholt, Martin
AU - Schneider, Donald P.
AU - Covey, Kevin
AU - Seth, Anil
AU - Ivezić, Željko
AU - Eisenstein, Daniel J.
AU - Helmboldt, Joe
AU - Finkbeiner, Douglas P.
AU - Padmanabhan, Nikhil
AU - Kleinman, Scot J.
AU - Long, Dan
AU - Snedden, Stephanie A.
AU - Nitta, Atsuko
AU - Harvanek, Michael
AU - Krzesinski, Jurek
AU - Brewington, Howard J.
AU - Barentine, John C.
AU - Newman, Peter R.
AU - Nielsen, Eric H.
AU - Fukugita, Masataka
AU - Brinkmann, J.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - 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 -1. 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 > 10 6 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.
AB - 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 -1. 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 > 10 6 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.
KW - Galaxies: formation
KW - Galaxies: individual (NGC 3310)
KW - Galaxies: star clusters
KW - Galaxies: starburst
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U2 - 10.1086/499304
DO - 10.1086/499304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33244473081
SN - 0004-6256
VL - 131
SP - 859
EP - 865
JO - Astronomical Journal
JF - Astronomical Journal
IS - 2
ER -