Biases in the Main Sequence Fitting Distances to Globular Clusters based on the Hipparcos Catalogue
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss the different biases affecting the sample of field subdwarfs selected from the Hipparcos Catalogue, and used in the Main Sequence Fitting technique to derive distances to Galactic Globular Clusters. The adopted average corrections significantly affect the derived distance moduli, explaining the differences among various groups using this technique.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9811070,
title = {Biases in the Main Sequence Fitting Distances to Globular Clusters based on the Hipparcos Catalogue},
author = {Eugenio Carretta and Raffaele G. Gratton and Gisella Clementini and Flavio Fusi Pecci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9811070},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, LaTex, uses paspconf.sty. Poster paper to appear in the proceedings of "Harmonizing Cosmic Distance Scales in a Post-Hipparcos Era", eds. Daniel Egret and Andre Heck, in press