ACS survey of galactic globular clusters Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Sarajedini A.
  2. Bedin L.R.
  3. Chaboyer B.
  4. Dotter A.
  5. Siegel M.
  6. Anderson J.,Aparicio A.
  7. King I.
  8. Majewski S.
  9. Marin-Franch A.
  10. Piotto G.
  11. Reid I.N.,Rosenberg A.
  12. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the first results of a large Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) survey of Galactic globular clusters. This Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury project is designed to obtain photometry with S/N (signal-to-noise ratio) >~10 for main-sequence stars with masses >~0.2M_{sun}_ in a sample of globulars using the ACS Wide Field Channel. Here we focus on clusters without previous HST imaging data. These include NGC 5466, NGC 6779, NGC 5053, NGC 6144, Palomar 2, E3, Lynga 7, Palomar 1, and NGC 6366. Our color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) extend reliably from the horizontal branch to as much as 7 mag fainter than the main-sequence turnoff and represent the deepest CMDs published to date for these clusters. Using fiducial sequences for three standard clusters (M92, NGC 6752, and 47 Tuc) with well-known metallicities and distances, we perform main-sequence fitting on the target clusters in order to obtain estimates of their distances and reddenings. These comparisons, along with fitting the cluster main sequences to theoretical isochrones, yield ages for the target clusters. We find that the majority of the clusters have ages that are consistent with the standard clusters at their metallicities. The exceptions are E3, which appears ~2Gyr younger than 47 Tuc, and Pal 1, which could be as much as 8Gyr younger than 47 Tuc.

Keywords
  1. Globular star clusters
  2. HST photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2007AJ....133.1658S
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Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51331658

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