Abstract
Context. In a previous work, three bright mid-infrared/radio sources were discovered in the nuclear region of starburst/AGN galaxy NGC 1365. Aims. The present study aims to confirm that these sources are indeed young and massive “embedded” clusters, and derive their physical parameters, such as extinction, age and mass. Methods. Using ISAAC and VISIR at the VLT we obtained maps and low resolution spectra in the near- and mid-infrared. The resulting datasets are first interpreted by comparing the observations with images and spectra of the close-by young cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud and then by using model predictions for both the nebular emission lines and the spectral energy distribution of the sources. R
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