Poster Title: The globular cluster population in the outer halo of the Sombrero galaxy: VIMOS spectroscopy
Abstract: We present the first results from deep spectroscopy of the globular cluster system of the Sombrero galaxy, recently obtained with VIMOS at the VLT. Observations covering a large field-of-view around the galaxy provide deep spectra of globular cluster candidates out to a distance of ~15' (40 Kpc) from the center of M104. Typical VIMOS spectra of globular clusters are shown, together with measurements of radial velocities and absorption line indices for a sample of bona-fide candidates containing objects as faint as V=22. On the basis of these preliminary results we conclude that VIMOS spectroscopy can give an important contribution to the study of globular cluster systems in galaxies.
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