We present JHK-band near-infrared photometry of star clusters in the dwarf
irregular galaxy IC 5152. After excluding possible foreground stars, a number
of candidate star clusters are identified in the near-infrared images of IC
5152, which include young populations. Especially, five young star clusters are
identified in the (J-H, H-K) two color diagram and the total extinction values
toward these clusters are estimated to be A_V =2 - 6 from the comparison with
the theoretical values given by the Leitherer et al. (1999)'s theoretical star
cluster model.Comment: Accepted by the Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society, 2006
December issue (Vol. 39, No. 4
