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CO Multi-Line Imaging of Nearby Galaxies (COMING) IV. Overview Of
Publ. Astron. Soc. Japan (2018) 00(0), 1–33 1 doi: 10.1093/pasj/xxx000 CO Multi-line Imaging of Nearby Galaxies (COMING) IV. Overview of the Project Kazuo SORAI1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Nario KUNO4, 5, Kazuyuki MURAOKA6, Yusuke MIYAMOTO7, 8, Hiroyuki KANEKO7, Hiroyuki NAKANISHI9 , Naomasa NAKAI4, 5, 10, Kazuki YANAGITANI6 , Takahiro TANAKA4, Yuya SATO4, Dragan SALAK10, Michiko UMEI2 , Kana MOROKUMA-MATSUI7, 8, 11, 12, Naoko MATSUMOTO13, 14, Saeko UENO9, Hsi-An PAN15, Yuto NOMA10, Tsutomu, T. TAKEUCHI16 , Moe YODA16, Mayu KURODA6, Atsushi YASUDA4 , Yoshiyuki YAJIMA2 , Nagisa OI17, Shugo SHIBATA2, Masumichi SETA10, Yoshimasa WATANABE4, 5, 18, Shoichiro KITA4, Ryusei KOMATSUZAKI4 , Ayumi KAJIKAWA2, 3, Yu YASHIMA2, 3, Suchetha COORAY16 , Hiroyuki BAJI6 , Yoko SEGAWA2 , Takami TASHIRO2 , Miho TAKEDA6, Nozomi KISHIDA2 , Takuya HATAKEYAMA4 , Yuto TOMIYASU4 and Chey SAITA9 1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 2Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 3Department of Physics, School of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 4Division of Physics, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan 5Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe (TCHoU), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan 6Department of Physical Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen 1-1, -
San Jose Astronomical Association Membership Form P.O
SJAA EPHEMERIS SJAA Activities Calendar May General Meeting Jim Van Nuland Dr. Jeffrey Cuzzi May 26 at 8 p.m. @ Houge Park late April David Smith 20 Houge Park Astro Day. Sunset 7:47 p.m., 20% moon sets 0:20 a.m. Star party hours: 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. At our May 26 General Meeting the title of the talk will be: 21 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. What Have We Learned from the Cassini/Huygens Mission to 28 General meeting at Houge Park. Karrie Gilbert will Saturn? – a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Cuzzi of NASA Ames speak on Studies of Andromeda Galaxy Halo Stars. 8 Research Center. p.m. May Cassini is now well into its third year at Saturn. The Huygens 5 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. entry probe landed on Titan in January 2005, but since then, 11 Astronomy Class at Houge Park. 7:30 p.m. many new discoveries have been made on Titan’s surface, and 11 Houge Park star party. Sunset 8:06 p.m., 27% moon elsewhere in the system, by the orbiter as it continues its four- rise 3:23 a.m. Star party hours: 9:00 to midnight. year tour. In addition, new understanding is emerging from 12 Dark sky weekend. Sunset 8:07 p.m., 17% moon rise analysis of the earliest obtained data. 3:50 a.m. In this talk, Dr. Jeffrey Cuzzi will review the key science highlights 17 Mirror-making workshop at Houge Park. -
Making a Sky Atlas
Appendix A Making a Sky Atlas Although a number of very advanced sky atlases are now available in print, none is likely to be ideal for any given task. Published atlases will probably have too few or too many guide stars, too few or too many deep-sky objects plotted in them, wrong- size charts, etc. I found that with MegaStar I could design and make, specifically for my survey, a “just right” personalized atlas. My atlas consists of 108 charts, each about twenty square degrees in size, with guide stars down to magnitude 8.9. I used only the northernmost 78 charts, since I observed the sky only down to –35°. On the charts I plotted only the objects I wanted to observe. In addition I made enlargements of small, overcrowded areas (“quad charts”) as well as separate large-scale charts for the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, the latter with guide stars down to magnitude 11.4. I put the charts in plastic sheet protectors in a three-ring binder, taking them out and plac- ing them on my telescope mount’s clipboard as needed. To find an object I would use the 35 mm finder (except in the Virgo Cluster, where I used the 60 mm as the finder) to point the ensemble of telescopes at the indicated spot among the guide stars. If the object was not seen in the 35 mm, as it usually was not, I would then look in the larger telescopes. If the object was not immediately visible even in the primary telescope – a not uncommon occur- rence due to inexact initial pointing – I would then scan around for it. -
Ngc Catalogue Ngc Catalogue
NGC CATALOGUE NGC CATALOGUE 1 NGC CATALOGUE Object # Common Name Type Constellation Magnitude RA Dec NGC 1 - Galaxy Pegasus 12.9 00:07:16 27:42:32 NGC 2 - Galaxy Pegasus 14.2 00:07:17 27:40:43 NGC 3 - Galaxy Pisces 13.3 00:07:17 08:18:05 NGC 4 - Galaxy Pisces 15.8 00:07:24 08:22:26 NGC 5 - Galaxy Andromeda 13.3 00:07:49 35:21:46 NGC 6 NGC 20 Galaxy Andromeda 13.1 00:09:33 33:18:32 NGC 7 - Galaxy Sculptor 13.9 00:08:21 -29:54:59 NGC 8 - Double Star Pegasus - 00:08:45 23:50:19 NGC 9 - Galaxy Pegasus 13.5 00:08:54 23:49:04 NGC 10 - Galaxy Sculptor 12.5 00:08:34 -33:51:28 NGC 11 - Galaxy Andromeda 13.7 00:08:42 37:26:53 NGC 12 - Galaxy Pisces 13.1 00:08:45 04:36:44 NGC 13 - Galaxy Andromeda 13.2 00:08:48 33:25:59 NGC 14 - Galaxy Pegasus 12.1 00:08:46 15:48:57 NGC 15 - Galaxy Pegasus 13.8 00:09:02 21:37:30 NGC 16 - Galaxy Pegasus 12.0 00:09:04 27:43:48 NGC 17 NGC 34 Galaxy Cetus 14.4 00:11:07 -12:06:28 NGC 18 - Double Star Pegasus - 00:09:23 27:43:56 NGC 19 - Galaxy Andromeda 13.3 00:10:41 32:58:58 NGC 20 See NGC 6 Galaxy Andromeda 13.1 00:09:33 33:18:32 NGC 21 NGC 29 Galaxy Andromeda 12.7 00:10:47 33:21:07 NGC 22 - Galaxy Pegasus 13.6 00:09:48 27:49:58 NGC 23 - Galaxy Pegasus 12.0 00:09:53 25:55:26 NGC 24 - Galaxy Sculptor 11.6 00:09:56 -24:57:52 NGC 25 - Galaxy Phoenix 13.0 00:09:59 -57:01:13 NGC 26 - Galaxy Pegasus 12.9 00:10:26 25:49:56 NGC 27 - Galaxy Andromeda 13.5 00:10:33 28:59:49 NGC 28 - Galaxy Phoenix 13.8 00:10:25 -56:59:20 NGC 29 See NGC 21 Galaxy Andromeda 12.7 00:10:47 33:21:07 NGC 30 - Double Star Pegasus - 00:10:51 21:58:39 -
Arp Catalogue.Xlsx
ATLAS OF PECULIAR GALAXIES CATALOGUE 1 ATLAS OF PECULIAR GALAXIES CATALOGUE Object Name Mag RA Dec Constellation ARP 1 NGC 2857 12.2 09:24:37 49:21:00 Ursa Major ARP 2 13.2 16:16:18 47:02:00 Hercules ARP 3 13.4 22:36:34 ‐02:54:00 Aquarius ARP 4 13.7 01:48:25 ‐12:22:00 Cetus ARP 5 NGC 3664 12.8 11:24:24 03:19:00 Leo ARP 6 NGC 2537 12.3 08:13:14 45:59:00 Lynx ARP 7 14.5 08:50:17 ‐16:34:00 Hydra ARP 8 NGC 0497 13 01:22:23 ‐00:52:00 Cetus ARP 9 NGC 2523 11.9 08:14:59 73:34:00 Camelopardalis ARP 10 13.8 02:18:26 05:39:00 Cetus ARP 11 14.4 01:09:23 14:20:00 Pisces ARP 12 NGC 2608 12.2 08:35:17 28:28:00 Cancer ARP 13 NGC 7448 11.6 23:00:02 15:59:00 Pegasus ARP 14 NGC 7314 10.9 22:35:45 ‐26:03:00 Pisces Austrinus ARP 15 NGC 7393 12.6 22:51:39 ‐05:33:00 Aquarius ARP 16 M66 8.9 11:20:14 12:59:00 Leo ARP 17 14.7 07:44:32 73:49:00 Camelopardalis ARP 17 07:44:38 73:48:00 Camelopardalis ARP 18 NGC 4088 10.5 12:05:35 50:32:00 Ursa Major ARP 19 NGC 0145 13.2 00:31:45 ‐05:09:00 Cetus ARP 20 14.4 04:19:53 02:05:00 Taurus ARP 21 14.7 11:04:58 30:01:00 Leo Minor ARP 22 14.9 11:59:29 ‐19:19:00 Corvus ARP 22 NGC 4027 11.2 11:59:30 ‐19:15:00 Corvus ARP 23 NGC 4618 10.8 12:41:32 41:09:00 Canes Venatici ARP 24 NGC 3445 12.6 10:54:36 56:59:00 Ursa Major ARP 24 12.8 10:54:45 56:57:00 Ursa Major ARP 25 NGC 2276 11.4 07:27:13 85:45:00 Cepheus ARP 26 M101 7.9 14:03:12 54:21:00 Ursa Major ARP 27 NGC 3631 10.4 11:21:02 53:10:00 Ursa Major ARP 28 NGC 7678 11.8 23:28:27 22:25:00 Pegasus ARP 29 NGC 6946 8.8 20:34:52 60:09:00 Cygnus ARP 30 NGC 6365 12.2 17:22:42 62:10:00 -
June 2013 Volume 24 Number 6 - the Official Publication of the San Jose Astronomical Association
The Ephemeris June 2013 Volume 24 Number 6 - The Official Publication of the San Jose Astronomical Association. Houge Park June Events From the Editor - Mina Wagner 6/2 Hello friends! Summer is fast approaching and Solar observing. 2 - 4 p.m. Star Party season is just around the corner. It’s Fix-It Day 2 - 4 p.m. time to get the telescopes out, clean them, review your observing accessories, cold-weather 6/14 clothes, favorite snacks and drinks, thermoses, Star party. 9:30 p.m. - midnight. etc. One major star party already took place, the Texas Star Party (TSP) in the West Texas desert, and the Golden State Star Party (GSSP) begins on July 6th in north-east California. 6/21 Beginners Imaging Group 7:30 - 9 pm If you have never been to GSSP you should treat yourself this year. The skies are very dark, the scenery spectacular, and the Albaughs, our hosts, make it feel like a family affair. 6/22 General Meeting Please check our website: sjaa.net for updates on local weekend star parties. If you have 7:30 - 8 p.m. Social time pot luck never joined us for those you should go to one. Bring your telescope, or just bring yourself. 8 - 10 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Dana Backman, Children will love the experience and will never forget it. You can look through other peo- “SOPHIA—Science from 41,000 Feet”. ple's telescopes and share a nice evening of observing. Don't forget your jacket and snacks. 6/28 If you have any ideas about an observing trip, maybe you want to share them and we can 7 to 8:15 p.m. -
Arp's Peculiar Galaxies - Supplementary Index the Deep Space CCD Atlas: North Presents 153 of the 338 Views Selected by Halton C
Arp's Peculiar Galaxies - Supplementary Index The Deep Space CCD Atlas: North presents 153 of the 338 views selected by Halton C. Arp in his 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. An asterisk (*) indicates that the galaxy is not identified by its Arp number in the CCD Atlas or its index. The headings are the categories (a "preliminary" taxonomy) Arp established with his 1966 Atlas. Arp Common name Page Arp Common name Page Arp Common name Page Spiral Galaxies: 116 MESSIER 60 143 239 NGC 5278 + 79 152 LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS 120 NGC 4438 + 35 134* 240 NGC 5257 + 58 152 1 NGC 2857 99 122 NGC 6040A + B 167* 242 The Mice 143 2 UGC 10310 168* 123 NGC 1888 + 89 49 243 NGC 2623 93 3 MCG-01-57-016 245 124 NGC 6361 + comp 177* 244 NGC 4038 + 39 123* 5 NGC 3664 116 WITH NEARBY FRAGMENTS 245 NGC 2992 + 93 101 6 NGC 2537 90* 133 NGC 0541 15* 246 NGC 7838 + 37 1* SPLIT ARM 134 MESSIER 49 136* 248 Wild's Triplet 120 8 NGC 0497 14 135 NGC 1023 29* IRREGULAR CLUMPS 9 NGC 2523 91* 136 NGC 5820 161* 259 NGC 1741 group 47 12 NGC 2608 92* MATERIAL EMANATING FROM E 263 NGC 3239 107 DETACHED SEGMENTS GALAXIES 264 NGC 3104 104 13 NGC 7448 248* 137 NGC 2914 99* 266 NGC 4861 147 14 NGC 7314 245* 140 NGC 0275 + 74 9* 268 Holmberg II 91 15 NGC 7393 247 142 NGC 2936 + 37 100 16 MESSIER 66 114* 143 NGC 2444 + 45 85 Group Character 18 NGC 4088 124* CONNECTED ARMS THREE-ARMED Galaxies 269 NGC 4490 + 85 136* 19 NGC 0145 3 WITH ASSOCIATED RINGS 270 NGC 3395 + 96 110* 22 NGC 4027 123* 148 Mayall's Object 112 271 NGC 5426 + 27 156 ONE-ARMED WITH JETS 272 NGC 6050 + IC1174 168* -
Kinematic Scaling Relations of CALIFA Galaxies: a Dynamical Mass Proxy
MNRAS 479, 2133–2146 (2018) doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1522 Advance Access publication 2018 June 11 Kinematic scaling relations of CALIFA galaxies: A dynamical mass proxy for galaxies across the Hubble sequence Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/479/2/2133/5035840 by Inst. Astrofisica Andalucia CSIC user on 20 November 2019 E. Aquino-Ort´ız,1‹ O. Valenzuela,1 S. F. Sanchez,´ 1 H. Hernandez-Toledo,´ 1 V. Avila-Reese,´ 1 G. van de Ven,2,3 A. Rodr´ıguez-Puebla,1 L. Zhu,2 B. Mancillas,4 M. Cano-D´ıaz1 and R. Garc´ıa-Benito5 1Instituto de Astronom´ıa, Universidad Nacional Autonoma´ de Mexico,´ A.P. 70-264, 04510 CDMX, Mexico 2 Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Konigstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany 3 European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching b. Munchen, Germany 4 LERMA, CNRS UMR 8112, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l’Observatoire, F-75014 Paris, France 5 Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Andaluc´ıa (CSIC), PO Box 3004, E-18080 Granada, Spain Accepted 2018 June 6. Received 2018 May 26; in original form 2018 April 25 ABSTRACT We used ionized gas and stellar kinematics for 667 spatially resolved galaxies publicly available from the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey (CALIFA) third Data Release with the aim of studying kinematic scaling relations as the Tully & Fisher (TF) relation using rotation velocity, Vrot, the Faber & Jackson (FJ) relation using velocity dispersion, σ , and 2 = 2 + 2 also a combination of Vrot and σ through the SK parameter defined as SK KVrot σ with constant K. -
TABLE 1 Explanation of CVRHS Symbols A
TABLE 1 Explanation of CVRHS Symbols a Symbol Description 1 2 General Terms ETG An early-type galaxy, collectively referring to a galaxy in the range of types E to Sa ITG An intermediate-type galaxy, taken to be in the range Sab to Sbc LTG A late-type galaxy, collectively referring to a galaxy in the range of types Sc to Im ETS An early-type spiral, taken to be in the range S0/a to Sa ITS An intermediate-type spiral, taken to be in the range Sab to Sbc LTS A late-type spiral, taken to be in the range Sc to Scd XLTS An extreme late-type spiral, taken to be in the range Sd to Sm classical bulge A galaxy bulge that likely formed from early mergers of smaller galaxies (Kormendy & Kennicutt 2004; Athanassoula 2005) pseudobulge A galaxy bulge made of disk material that has secularly collected into the central regions of a barred galaxy (Kormendy 2012) PDG A pure disk galaxy, a galaxy lacking a classical bulge and often also lacking a pseudobulge Stage stage The characteristic of galaxy morphology that recognizes development of structure, the widespread distribution of star formation, and the relative importance of a bulge component along a sequence that correlates well with basic characteristics such as integrated color, average surface brightness, and HI mass-to-blue luminosity ratio Elliptical Galaxies E galaxy A galaxy having a smoothly declining brightness distribution with little or no evidence of a disk component and no inflections (such as lenses) in the luminosity distribution (examples: NGC 1052, 3193, 4472) En An elliptical galaxy -
Arp # Object Name 1 NGC 2857 09 24.6 24.63 49 21.4 2 UGC 10310
Arp # Object Name RA Declination 1 NGC 2857 09 24.6 24.63 49 21.4 2 UGC 10310 16 16.3 16.30 47 02.8 3 MCG-01-57-016 22 36.6 36.57 -02 54.3 4 MCG-02-05-50 + A 01 48.4 48.43 -12 22.9 5 NGC 3664 11 24.41 24.41 03 19.6 6 NGC 2537 08 13.24 13.24 45 59.5 7 MCG-03-23-009 08 50.29 50.29 -16 34.6 8 NGC 0497 01 22.39 22.39 00 52.5 9 NGC 2523 08 14.99 14.99 73 34.8 10 UGC 01775 02 18.44 18.44 05 39.2 11 UGC 00717 01 9.39 09.39 14 20.2 12 NGC 2608 08 35.29 35.29 28 28.4 13 NGC 7448 23 0.04 00.04 15 59.4 14 NGC 7314 22 35.76 35.76 -26 03.0 15 NGC 7393 22 51.66 51.66 -05 33.5 16 MESSIER 66 11 20.25 20.25 12 59.3 17 UGC 03972 07 44.55 44.55 73 49.8 18 NGC 4088 12 5.59 05.59 50 32.5 19 NGC 0145 00 31.75 31.75 -05 09.2 20 UGC 03014 04 19.9 19.90 02 05.7 21 CGCG 155-056 11 4.98 04.98 30 01.6 22 NGC 4027 11 59.51 59.51 -19 15.8 23 NGC 4618 12 41.54 41.54 41 09.0 24 NGC 3445 10 54.61 54.61 56 59.4 25 NGC 2276 07 27.22 27.22 85 45.3 26 MESSIER 101 14 3.21 03.21 54 21.0 27 NGC 3631 11 21.04 21.04 53 10.3 28 NGC 7678 23 28.46 28.46 22 25.3 29 NGC 6946 20 34.87 34.87 60 09.2 30 NGC 6365A + B 17 22.72 22.72 62 10.4 31 IC 0167 01 51.14 51.14 21 54.8 32 UGC 10770 17 13.13 13.13 59 19.4 33 UGC 08613 13 37.4 37.40 06 26.2 34 NGC 4615 + 13 + 14 12 41.62 41.62 26 04.3 35 UGC 00212 + comp 00 22.38 22.38 -01 18.2 36 UGC 08548 13 34.25 34.25 31 25.5 37 MESSIER 77 02 42.68 42.68 00 00.8 38 NGC 6412 17 29.6 29.60 75 42.3 39 NGC 1347 03 29.7 29.70 -22 16.7 40 IC 4271 13 29.34 29.34 37 24.5 41 NGC 1232 + A 03 9.76 09.76 -20 34.7 42 NGC 5829 + IC 4526 15 2.7 02.70 23 19.9 43 -
DSO List V2 Current
7000 DSO List (sorted by name) 7000 DSO List (sorted by name) - from SAC 7.7 database NAME OTHER TYPE CON MAG S.B. SIZE RA DEC U2K Class ns bs Dist SAC NOTES M 1 NGC 1952 SN Rem TAU 8.4 11 8' 05 34.5 +22 01 135 6.3k Crab Nebula; filaments;pulsar 16m;3C144 M 2 NGC 7089 Glob CL AQR 6.5 11 11.7' 21 33.5 -00 49 255 II 36k Lord Rosse-Dark area near core;* mags 13... M 3 NGC 5272 Glob CL CVN 6.3 11 18.6' 13 42.2 +28 23 110 VI 31k Lord Rosse-sev dark marks within 5' of center M 4 NGC 6121 Glob CL SCO 5.4 12 26.3' 16 23.6 -26 32 336 IX 7k Look for central bar structure M 5 NGC 5904 Glob CL SER 5.7 11 19.9' 15 18.6 +02 05 244 V 23k st mags 11...;superb cluster M 6 NGC 6405 Opn CL SCO 4.2 10 20' 17 40.3 -32 15 377 III 2 p 80 6.2 2k Butterfly cluster;51 members to 10.5 mag incl var* BM Sco M 7 NGC 6475 Opn CL SCO 3.3 12 80' 17 53.9 -34 48 377 II 2 r 80 5.6 1k 80 members to 10th mag; Ptolemy's cluster M 8 NGC 6523 CL+Neb SGR 5 13 45' 18 03.7 -24 23 339 E 6.5k Lagoon Nebula;NGC 6530 invl;dark lane crosses M 9 NGC 6333 Glob CL OPH 7.9 11 5.5' 17 19.2 -18 31 337 VIII 26k Dark neb B64 prominent to west M 10 NGC 6254 Glob CL OPH 6.6 12 12.2' 16 57.1 -04 06 247 VII 13k Lord Rosse reported dark lane in cluster M 11 NGC 6705 Opn CL SCT 5.8 9 14' 18 51.1 -06 16 295 I 2 r 500 8 6k 500 stars to 14th mag;Wild duck cluster M 12 NGC 6218 Glob CL OPH 6.1 12 14.5' 16 47.2 -01 57 246 IX 18k Somewhat loose structure M 13 NGC 6205 Glob CL HER 5.8 12 23.2' 16 41.7 +36 28 114 V 22k Hercules cluster;Messier said nebula, no stars M 14 NGC 6402 Glob CL OPH 7.6 12 6.7' 17 37.6 -03 15 248 VIII 27k Many vF stars 14.. -
Probing Evolutionary Population Synthesis Models in the Near Infrared with Early-Type Galaxies
MNRAS 476, 4459–4480 (2018) doi:10.1093/mnras/sty515 Advance Access publication 2018 February 27 Probing evolutionary population synthesis models in the near infrared with early-type galaxies Luis Gabriel Dahmer-Hahn,1,2‹ Rogerio´ Riffel,1‹ Alberto Rodr´ıguez-Ardila,3 Lucimara P. Martins,4 Carolina Kehrig,5 Timothy M. Heckman,6 Miriani G. Pastoriza1 and Natacha Z. Dametto1 1Departamento de Astronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. AV . Bento Goncalves 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2Instituto de F´ısica e Qu´ımica, Universidade Federal de Itajuba,´ Itajuba´ 37500-000, MG, Brazil 3Laboratorio´ Nacional de Astrof´ısica - Rua dos Estados Unidos 154, Bairro das Nac¸oes.˜ CEP 37504-364, Itajuba,´ MG, Brazil 4NAT - Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Rua Galvao˜ Bueno, 868, Sao˜ Paulo, SP, Brazil 5Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Andaluc´ıa, CSIC, Apartado de correos 3004, E-18080 Granada, Spain 6Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Accepted 2018 February 22. Received 2018 January 27; in original form 2017 April 10 ABSTRACT We performed a near-infrared (NIR; ∼1.0 –2.4 µm) stellar population study in a sample of early-type galaxies. The synthesis was performed using five different evolutionary pop- ulation synthesis libraries of models. Our main results can be summarized as follows: low-spectral-resolution libraries are not able to produce reliable results when applied to the NIR alone, with each library finding a different dominant population. The two newest higher resolution models, on the other hand, perform considerably better, finding consistent results to each other and to literature values.