gr photometry of stars in Kim 2 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kim D.
  2. Jerjen H.
  3. Milone A.P.
  4. Mackey D.
  5. Da Costa G.S.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We report the discovery of a new, low-luminosity star cluster in the outer halo of the Milky Way. High-quality gr photometry is presented, from which a color-magnitude diagram is constructed, and estimates of age, [Fe/H], [{alpha}/Fe], and distance are derived. The star cluster, which we designate as Kim 2, lies at a heliocentric distance of ~105kpc. With a half-light radius of ~12.8pc and ellipticity of {epsilon}~0.12, it shares the properties of outer halo globular clusters, except for at higher metallicity ([Fe/H]~-1.0) and lower luminosity (M_v_~-1.5). These parameters are similar to those for the globular cluster AM 4, which is considered to be associated with the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. We find evidence of dynamical mass segregation and the presence of extra-tidal stars that suggests that Kim 2 is most likely a star cluster. Spectroscopic observations for radial-velocity membership and chemical abundance measurements are needed to further understand the nature of the object.

Keywords
  1. Globular star clusters
  2. Milky Way Galaxy
  3. Infrared photometry
  4. Optical astronomy
  5. Wide-band photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2015ApJ...803...63K
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History

2015-10-06T16:11:57Z
Resource record created
2015-10-06T16:11:57Z
Created
2017-09-19T14:21:00Z
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