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A Progress Report on the MMT/Hectospec Observation for M81 Fields

  • Sohn, Jubee (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ko, Youkyung (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lim, Sungsoon (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jang, In Sung (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Myung Gyoon (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hwang, Narae (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Kim, Sang Chul (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Park, Hong Soo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Published : 2014.10.13
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Abstract

The M81 group is a nearby galaxy group hosted by M81, a twin galaxy of Milky Way. This galaxy group is considered as an ideal laboratory for near-field cosmology to understand mass assembly and evolution of galaxies in the group environment. We designed a project to investigate spectroscopic properties of globular cluster candidates in this group. We obtained spectra of globular cluster candidates using the MMT/Hectospec as a part of the K-GMT Science Program. Our main targets include globular cluster candidates of the M81 group member galaxies and those wandering in the intragroup region. We also observed supernova remnants and some background galaxies. Observing fields covered about 2 square degrees including three main galaxies of the M81 group. Using these spectra, we will identify globular clusters in the M81 group, and investigate their properties including age and metallicity. We will discuss the MMT/Hectospec data reduction processes, and future plan for this project.

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