Abstracts, Galactic Center Workshop '98
ABSTRACT

HST/NICMOS Imaging of the Quintuplet and Arches Clusters

Figer, Donald F.1

1 UCLA

ABSTRACT: We discuss HST/NICMOS observations of two extraordinary massive clusters of young stars near the Galactic Center. The observations reveal the presence of a main sequence, in addition to previously identified emission-line stars, i.e., Wolf-Rayet stars. These clusters are the most massive in the Galaxy and can be viewed as the nearest templates for the super-star clusters in other galaxies.

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