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An extended star cluster at the outer edge of the spiral galaxy M33

a r X i v : 0 8 0 2 .0 5 0 1 v 1 [ a s t r o - p h ] 4 F e b 2 0 0 8 AN EXTENDED STAR CLUSTER AT THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SPIRAL GALAXY M 33 1 Rima Stonkute?2, Vladas Vansevic?ius2, Nobuo Arimoto3,4, Takashi Hasegawa5, Donatas Narbutis2, Naoyuki Tamura6, Pascale Jablonka7, Kouji Ohta8, and Yoshihiko Yamada3 ABSTRACT We report a discovery of an extended globular-like star cluster, M33-EC1, at the outer edge of the spiral galaxy M33. The distance to the cluster is 890 kpc, and it lies at a 12.5 kpc projected distance from the center of M33. Old age (7Gyr) and low metallicity ([M/H]. -1.4) are estimated on the ba- sis of isochrone fits. Color-magnitude diagrams of stars, located in the cluster’s area, photometric and structural parameters of the cluster are presented. Clus- ter’s luminosity (MV =-6.6) and half-light radius (rh = 20.3 pc) are comparable to those of the extended globular clusters, discovered in more luminous Local Group galaxies, the Milky Way and M31. Extended globular clusters are sus- pected to be remnants of accreted dwarf galaxies, and the finding of such a cluster in the late-type dwarf spiral galaxy M33 would imply a complex merging history in the past. Subject headings: galaxies: individual (M33) — galaxies: star clusters 1Based on data collected at Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observa- tory of Japan 2Institute of Physics, Savanoriu? 231, Vilnius LT-02300, Lithuania 3National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan 4Department of Astronomy, Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan 5Gunma Astronomical Observatory, Agatuma, Gunma 377-0702, Japan 6Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A’ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720, USA 7Universite? de Gene?ve, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de l’Ecole Polytechnique Fe?de?rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Observatoire, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland 8Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606