JK photometry of NGC 2808 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Massari D.
  2. Fiorentino G.
  3. McConnachie A.
  4. Bono G.
  5. Dall'Ora M.,Ferraro I.
  6. Iannicola G.
  7. Stetson P.B.
  8. Turri P.
  9. Tolstoy E.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Globular clusters are the oldest stellar systems in the Milky Way, and they probe the early epoch of the Galaxy formation. However, the uncertainties on their absolute age are still too large to soundly constrain how the Galactic structures have assembled. The aim of this work is to obtain an accurate estimate of the absolute age of the globular cluster NGC 2808 using deep IR data obtained with the multi-conjugate adaptive optics system operating at the Gemini South telescope (GeMS). This exquisite photometry, combined with that obtained in V and I-bands with HST, allowed us to detect the faint Main Sequence Knee feature in NGC 2808 colour magnitude diagram. The difference between this point and the main sequence turn-off is a good age estimator that provides ages with unprecedented accuracy.

Keywords
  1. globular-star-clusters
  2. infrared-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2016A&A...586A..51M
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/586/A51
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/586/A51
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.35860051

Access

Web browser access HTML
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/586/A51
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/586/A51
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/586/A51
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/586/A51/photom?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/586/A51/photom?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/586/A51/photom?

History

2016-01-26T07:19:24Z
Resource record created
2016-01-26T06:19:48Z
Updated
2016-01-26T07:19:24Z
Created

Contact

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CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
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