MAD@VLT: Deep into the Madding Crowd of Omega Centauri
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We present deep and accurate Near-Infrared (NIR) photometry of the Galactic Globular Cluster (GC) Omega Cen. Data were collected using the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) on VLT (ESO). The unprecedented quality of the images provided the opportunity to perform accurate photometry in the central crowded regions. Preliminary results indicate that the spread in age among the different stellar populations in Omega Cen is limited.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0803.2207,
title = {MAD@VLT: Deep into the Madding Crowd of Omega Centauri},
author = {G. Bono and A. Calamida and C. E. Corsi and P. B. Stetson and E. Marchetti and P. Amico and P. G. Prada Moroni and I. Ferraro and G. Iannicola and M. Monelli and R. Buonanno and F. Caputo and M. Dall'Ora and S. Degl'Innocenti and S. D'Odorico and L. M. Freyhammer and D. Koester and M. Nonino and A. M. Piersimoni and L. Pulone and M. Romaniello},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.2207},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the Springer Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, "Science with the VLT in the ELT era", ed. A. Moorwood