Publication Date:
2021-02-18
Description:
We use direct N-body simulations to explore some possible scenarios for the future evolution of two massive clusters observed toward the center of NGC 4654, a spiral galaxy with mass similar to that of the Milky Way. Using archival HST data, we obtain the photometric masses of the two clusters, M = 3 × 105 M⊙ and M = 1.7 × 106 M⊙, their half-light radii, Reff ∼ 4 pc and Reff ∼ 6 pc, and their projected distances from the photometric center of the galaxy (both
Print ISSN:
0035-8711
Electronic ISSN:
1365-2966
Topics:
Physics
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