Our aim is to extend the investigations of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCD) beyond the well studied Fornax and Virgo clusters. We measured spectroscopic redshifts of about 400 compact object candidates with 19.2<V<22.4mag in the central region of the Centaurus galaxy cluster (d=43Mpc), using 3 pointings with VIMOS@VLT. The luminosity range of the candidates covers the bright end of the globular cluster (GC) luminosity function and the luminosity regime of UCDs in Fornax and Virgo. Within the area surveyed, our completeness in terms of slit allocation is ~30%.

Cone search capability for table J/A+A/472/111/table1 (Properties of the 27 Centaurus compact objects detected in our survey, ordered by magnitude)

Cone search capability for table J/A+A/472/111/table2 (Properties of the 13 Centaurus cluster dEs observed in our study)