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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 2(699), p. L84-L87, 2009

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/699/2/l84

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On the Stellar Content of the Starburst Galaxy IC10

Journal article published in 2009 by N. Sanna ORCID, G. Bono, P. B. Stetson, A. Pietrinferni, M. Monelli, S. Cassisi ORCID, R. Buonanno, E. Sabbi, F. Caputo, M. Castellani, C. E. Corsi, S. Degl'Innocenti, I. Drozdovsky, I. Ferraro, G. Iannicola and other authors.
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Abstract

We investigate the stellar content of the starburst dwarf galaxy IC10 using accurate and deep optical data collected with the Advanced Camera for Surveys and with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The comparison between theory and observations indicates a clear change in age distribution when moving from the center toward the external regions. Moreover, empirical calibrators and evolutionary predictions suggest the presence of a spread in heavy element abundance of the order of one-half dex. The comparison between old and intermediate-age core He-burning models with a well defined overdensity in the color-magnitude diagram indicates the presence of both intermediate-age, red clump stars and of old, red horizontal branch stars.