Ages, metallicities and (α/Fe) ratios of globular clusters in NGC 147, 185 and 205

@article{Sharina2006AgesMA,
  title={Ages, metallicities and ($\alpha$/Fe) ratios of globular clusters in NGC 147, 185 and 205},
  author={Margarita E. Sharina and Viktor L. Afanasiev and Thomas H. Puzia},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2006},
  volume={372},
  pages={1259-1274},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:54793614}
}
We present measurements of ages, metallicities and [α/Fe] ratios for 16 globular clusters (GCs) in NGC 147, 185 and 205 and of the central regions of the diffuse galaxy light in NGC 185 and 205. Our… 
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