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A Probable New Globular Cluster in the Galactic Disk

Astrophysics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We report the discovery of a probable new globular cluster in the disk of the Milky Way. Visible in 2MASS and the GLIMPSE survey, it has an estimated foreground extinction of A_V ~ 24 mag. The absolute magnitude of the cluster and the luminosity function of the red giant branch are most consistent with that of an old globular cluster with a mass of a few times 10^5 solar masses at a distance of 4-8 kpc.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1719,
  title  = {A Probable New Globular Cluster in the Galactic Disk},
  author = {Jay Strader and Henry A. Kobulnicky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1719},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, submitted to AJ on 10 July 2008

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