J/AJ/119/1793ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/119/1793doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51191793CDSNeely R.K.Sarajedini A.Martins D.H.CDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frglobular-star-clustersccd-photometryWe present CCD photometry in the BVI-filter passbands for the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6144. This cluster is located in the direction of the {rho} Ophiuchi dust cloud, approximately 30 northwest of the bright star {alpha} Scorpii (Antares). Our color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of NGC 6144 extend from above the tip of the first-ascent red giant branch (RGB) to ~3mag below the horizontal branch (HB). The morphology of the HB is predominantly blueward of the RR Lyrae instability strip, while the RGB is relatively steep, signifying a low-to-intermediate metal abundance. Our CMD also reveals the presence of three candidate post-asymptotic giant branch stars. We find VHB=16.30+/-0.07; coupling the measured RGB color at the level of the HB with a polynomial describing the shape of the RGB, we have utilized the simultaneous reddening and metallicity method of Sarajedini to estimate a metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.81+/-0.12 (on the Zinn & West, 1984ApJS...55...45Z, scale) and a mean reddening of E(B-V)=0.41+/-0.02. In addition to this mean level, our observations reveal that the reddening has a spatially variable component generally increasing from north to south consistent with the expected density variations in the {rho} Ophiuchi dust cloud.2000AJ....119.1793Nhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/119/1793CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/119/1793https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/119/1793http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/119/1793https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/119/1793https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/119/1793http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/119/1793GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapOpticaldefault