Global Metallicities From Globulars Through To Elliptical Galaxies
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We present narrow band data on dwarf ellipticals in nearby (Virgo, Fornax) and intermediate redshift clusters (A2125, A2218) in order to study their mean age and metallicities. In all four clusters, nucleated dwarf ellipticals display colors that place them on the high metallicity end of the Milky Way globular cluster sequence. Normal dwarf ellipticals display colors, and resulting metallicities and ages, that align them with bright ellipticals. This suggests that dE,N's may be the ancestors to the red GC population found around many elliptical galaxies.
4 pages AAS LaTeX, 1 figures, poster paper for Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution, Carnegie Observatories Symposium
4 pages AAS LaTeX, 1 figures, poster paper for Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution, Carnegie Observatories Symposium