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We report the detection of six discrete, low-luminosity (Lx < 10^33 erg/s) X-ray sources, located within 12 arcsec of the center of the collapsed-core globular cluster M30 (NGC 7099), and a total of 13 sources within the half-mass radius,…

We detect 353 X-ray point sources, mostly low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), in four Chandra observations of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), the nearest giant early-type galaxy, and correlate this point source population with the largest available…

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We report results of the Chandra deep imaging observation of the closest post-core collapse globular cluster, NGC 6397. Some 25 sources are detected within 2 arcmin of the cluster center of which about 20 are likely cluster members with L_x…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Grindlay , C. O. Heinke , P. D. Edmonds , S. S. Murray , A. M. Cool

Based on archival {\it Chandra} data, we have carried out an X-ray survey of 69, or nearly half the known population of, Milky Way globular clusters (GCs), focusing on weak X-ray sources, mainly cataclysmic variables (CVs) and coronally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Zhongqun Cheng , Zhiyuan Li , Xiaojie Xu , Xiangdong Li

We present results of a search for objects with H-alpha excess, such as cataclysmic variables (CVs) and chromospherically active binaries (ABs), as counterparts to X-ray sources detected with Chandra satellite observatory in six Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-10-08 Pawel Pietrukowicz

Highly sensitive and precise X-ray imaging from Chandra, combined with the superb spatial resolution of HST optical images, dramatically enhances our empirical understanding of compact binaries such as cataclysmic variables and low mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Bruce Margon , B. Beck-Winchatz , L. Homer , D. Pooley , C. G. Bassa , S. F. Anderson , W. H. G. Lewin , F. Verbunt , A. K. H. Kong , R. M. Plotkin

Three fields located close to the center of the globular cluster Omega Cen were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 32 periodic variables. This sample includes 10 SX Phe stars, 19 eclipsing binaries,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Szymanski , A. Udalski , W. Krzeminski , M. Mateo , K. Stanek

NGC 5139 ($\omega$ Cen), is the closest candidate of a Nuclear Star Cluster that has been stripped of its host galaxy in the Milky Way. Despite extensive studies through the last decades, many open questions about the cluster remain,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-11 F. Wragg , S. Kamann , S. Saracino , M. Latour , S. Dreizler , S. Martens , A. Seth , D. Vaz , G. van de Ven

Using new Chandra X-ray observations and existing XMM-Newton X-ray and Hubble far ultraviolet observations, we aim to detect and identify the faint X-ray sources belonging to the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808 in order to understand…

We analyse a Chandra observation of the rich globular cluster NGC 362, finding 33 X-ray sources within 1' (1.2 half-mass radii) of the cluster center. Spectral analysis of the brightest source (X1) shows blackbody-like emission, indicating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-26 Gourav Kumawat , Craig O. Heinke , Haldan N. Cohn , Phyllis M. Lugger

We report on the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope observation of two low core density globular clusters, NGC6144 and E3. By comparing the number of X-ray sources inside the half-mass radius to those outside, we found 6…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Shih Hao Lan , Albert K. H. Kong , Frank Verbunt , Walter H. G. Lewin , Cees Bassa , Scott F. Anderson , David Pooley

We present the first X-ray study of NGC6791, one of the oldest open clusters known (8 Gyr). Our Chandra observation is aimed at uncovering the population of close interacting binaries down to Lx ~ 1e30 erg/s (0.3-7 keV). We detect 86…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Maureen van den Berg , Frank Verbunt , Gianpiero Tagliaferri , Tomaso Belloni , Luigi R. Bedin , Imants Platais

Globular clusters host a variety of lower-luminosity ($L_X<10^{35}$ erg s$^{-1}$) X-ray sources, including accreting neutron stars and black holes, millisecond pulsars, cataclysmic variables, and chromospherically active binaries. In this…

We present Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 X-ray imaging observations and VLT/FORS2 and Hubble Space Telescope optical observations of two low-density Galactic globular clusters; NGC 6366 and M55. We detect 16 X-ray sources with 0.5-6.0…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. G. Bassa , D. Pooley , F. Verbunt , L. Homer , S. F. Anderson , W. H. G. Lewin

We have carried out a Chandra observation of the globular cluster M54. We detected 7 sources located within the half-mass radius of M54, at a flux limit of 1.5x10^-15 erg/s/cm in the 0.3-8 keV energy band. The spatial distribution and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gavin Ramsay , Kinwah Wu

We report on archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the globular cluster M71 (NGC 6838). These observations, covering the core of the globular cluster, were performed by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Wide…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. H. H. Huang , W. Becker , P. D. Edmonds , R. F. Elsner , C. O. Heinke , B. C. Hsieh

We report the discovery of an optical counterpart to a quiescent neutron star in the globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139). The star was found as part of our wide-field imaging study of Omega Cen using the Advanced Camera for Surveys…

[ABRIDGED] $\omega$ Centauri (NGC 5139) contains large numbers of variable stars of different types and, in particular, more than a hundred RR Lyrae stars. We have conducted a variability survey of $\omega$ Cen in the NIR, using ESO's 4.1m…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Navarrete , R. Contreras Ramos , M. Catelan , C. M. Clement , F. Gran , J. Alonso-García , R. Angeloni , M. Hempel , I. Dékány , D. Minniti

We detect stars from the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues in the field of view of observations with the ROSAT HRI of three globular clusters. We use the positions of these stars to reduce the systematic error in the positions of X-ray sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank Verbunt , Helen M. Johnston