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Abstract:
We present a catalog of 4780 extended sources from the outer field of M33. The catalog includes
73 previously identified clusters or planetary nebulae, 1153 likely background galaxies, and 3554
new candidate stellar clusters. The survey is based on deep ground-based images obtained with the
MegaCam instrument on the CFHT telescope. We provide g' r' i' photometry for detected objects
as well as estimates of the FWHM and ellipticity of their profiles. The sample includes 122 new,
relatively bright, likely globular clusters. Follow-up observations of fainter candidates from our list
may extend the faint-end of the observed luminosity function of globular clusters in M33 by up to
3 magnitudes. The catalog includes several cluster candidates located in the outskirts of the galaxy.
These objects are promising targets for deep photometry with the HST. We present a color-magnitude
diagram for one detected object, showing that it is an extended and low-surface-brightness old cluster
located at an angular distance of 27' from the center of M33.
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