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Based on archival Hubble Space Telescope ACS/WFC images, we have performed stellar photometry for the young tidal dwarf galaxy Ho IX. We have determined that star formation in Ho IX began 110 Myr ago and ended 20 Myr ago. We have identified 20 young star clusters in the galaxy with ages from 25 to 100 Myr. For the main star-forming region of Ho IX along one direction, we have determined the change in the number density of stars with three ages: 30, 50, and 90 Myr. A relation has been found between the ages of stars and the spatial sizes of the subsystem formed by them. This relation can be explained by expansion of the stellar subsystems. Under this assumption, the expansion velocity is 9.8 km s−1 as the age changes from 50 to 90 Myr. Edge-on low-mass late-type galaxies have similar relations between the ages and sizes of their stellar subsystems.
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Original Russian Text © N.A. Tikhonov, O.A. Galazutdinova, 2013, published in Pis’ma v Astronomicheskiĭ Zhurnal, 2013, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 124–130.
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Tikhonov, N.A., Galazutdinova, O.A. Stellar subsystems of the young tidal dwarf galaxy Ho IX. Astron. Lett. 39, 104–110 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773713010027
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