Some of the properties of the globular clusters in NGC 5128 - the nearest giant elliptical galaxy - are compared to those of Galactic globular clusters .
Assuming the color- metallicity relations that hold for Galactic globular clusters one finds that the metal-poor clusters in NGC 5128 that have [ Fe/H ] < -1.80 are significantly fainter than are the more metal-rich globulars in that galaxy .
No such metallicity dependent luminosity difference is observed among the globular clusters associated with the Milky Way System .

Furthermore the NGC 5128 cluster sample contains two objects that , on the basis of their observed colors appear to be super metal-poor .
It is speculated that many of these apparently faint and metal-poor clusters in NGC 5128 are actually objects resembling intermediate-age Galactic open clusters .

It is also found that large clusters with FWHM > 10 pc are typically less luminous in NGC 5128 than are their more more compact counterparts .
In this respect the NGC 5128 cluster system is similar to the Galactic globular cluster system , in which large clusters also tend to be less luminous than compact ones .
Finally , the present data may hint at the possibility that the NGC 5128 cluster system differs from that surrounding the Milky Way , in the sense that the NGC 5128 objects do not seem to exhibit a clear cut gap between the regions of the FWHM vs M _ { v } plane that are occupied by globular clusters and by dwarf spheroidal galaxies .