UBVI photometry of NGC 6864 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kravtsov
  2. V.
  3. Alcaino
  4. G.
  5. Marconi
  6. G.
  7. Alvarado F.
  8. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We carry out and analyze new multi-color photometry of the Galactic globular cluster (GC) M75 in UBVI and focus on the brighter sequences of the color-magnitude diagram (CMD), with particular emphasis on their location in U-based CMD. Specifically, we study the level both of the horizontal (HB) and red giant branches (RGB) relative to the main-sequence turnoff (TO) in the U magnitude. Along with the presented photometry of M75, we use our collection of photometric data on GCs belonging to the metal-poor range, [Fe/H]zw<-1.1dex, obtained from observations with different equipment, but calibrated by standard stars situated in the observed cluster fields. We confirm our earlier finding, and extend it to a larger magnitude range. We demonstrate that Delta(U_TO_^BHB^) expressing the difference in U magnitude between the TO point and the level of the blue HB, near its red boundary, of the metal-poor GCs observed with the EMMI camera of the NTT/ESO telescope is about 0.4-0.5mag smaller as compared to GCs observed with the 100" telescope and 1.3m Warsaw telescope of the Las Campanas Observatory. At the same time, Delta(U_TO_^RGB^), the difference in U magnitude between the TO and RGB inflection (brightest) points, does not show such an apparent dependence on the characteristics of U filters used, but it depends on cluster metallicity. We have shown, for the first time, the dependence of the parameter Delta(U_TO_^RGB^) on [Fe/H] and have estimated its analytical expression, by assuming a linear relation between the parameter and metallicity. Its slope, Delta(U_TO_^RGB^)/Delta[Fe/H]~1.2mag/dex, is approximately a factor of two steeper than that of the dependence of the RGB bump position in the V magnitude on metallicity. The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) clump and features of the RGB luminosity function (LF) of M75 are also discussed. The observations were made on 3 nights, 9-12 October 1998, with the 1.3m Warsaw telescope.

Keywords
  1. Globular star clusters
  2. CCD photometry
  3. Infrared photometry
  4. Optical astronomy
  5. Wide-band photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2007A&A...469..529K
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Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.34690529

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2007-08-19T12:24:35Z
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2007-08-19T12:24:35Z
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