We present UBVI CCD photometry of the stellar contents and globular
cluster(GC) candidates in the spiral galaxy NGC 300 in the Sculptor group.
Color-magnitude diagrams for 18 OB associations having more than 30 member
stars are presented. The slope of the initial mass function for the bright
stars in NGC 300 is estimated to be Gamma = -2.6 +/- 0.3. Assuming the distance
to NGC 300 of (m-M)_0 = 26.53 +/- 0.07, the mean absolute magnitude of three
brightest blue stars is obtained to be = -8.95 mag. We have
performed search for GCs in NGC 300 and have found 17 GC candidates in this
galaxy. Some characteristics of these GC candidates are discussed.Comment: 24 pages(AASLaTeX), 14 Postscript figures, Accepted for publication
in the Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society, 2002 March issue, Typos
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