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Context: The study of the Globular Cluster 47 Tuc offers the opportunity to shed new light on the debated issue on the presence of multiple populations in Globular Clusters, as recent results from HST photometry and high-resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 C. Ventura , M. Tailo , P. Ventura , F. D'Antona , A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , C. Fiumi

We use high-precision photometry of red-giant-branch (RGB) stars in 57 Galactic globular clusters (GCs), mostly from the `Hubble Space Telescope (HST) UV Legacy Survey of Galactic globular clusters', to identify and characterize their…

We report on a deep spectroscopic survey for star-to-star CN variations along the main sequence (MS) of the globular cluster 47 Tuc with ESO's VLT. We find a significant bimodal distribution in the S(3839) index for main-sequence stars in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniel Harbeck , Graeme H. Smith , Eva K. Grebel

We used the UVES spectrograph on Kueyen (VLT UT2) to perform the abundance analysis of stars at the base of the giant branch (RGB) and at the main sequence turn-off in the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104). High dispersion spectra (R ~…

In HST Cycle 17, we imaged the well known globular star cluster 47 Tucanae for 121 orbits using ACS and both the UVIS and IR channels of WFC3 (GO-11677, PI - H. Richer). This unique data set was obtained to address many scientific questions…

High-precision multi-band HST photometry reveals that the main sequence (MS) of the globular cluster NGC 6397 splits into two components, containing ~30% and ~70% of the stars. This double sequence is consistent with the idea that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , G. Piotto , L. R. Bedin , J. Anderson , A. Aparicio , S. Cassisi , R. M. Rich

In the context of the Hubble Space Telescope UV Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs), we derived high-precision, multi-band photometry to investigate the multiple stellar populations in the massive and metal-poor GC M 15. By creating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 D. Nardiello , A. P. Milone , G. Piotto , J. Anderson , L. R. Bedin , A. Bellini , S. Cassisi , M. Libralato , A. F. Marino

We have analyzed ACS/WFC and WFPC2 images from HST, as well as ground-based data to study the radial distribution of the double sub-giant branch (SGB) recently discovered in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 1851. We found that the SGB…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. P. Milone , P. B. Stetson , G. Piotto , L. R. Bedin , J. Anderson , S. Cassisi , M. Salaris

In a recent paper Brown et al. (2018) analyze the spectral properties of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc) using 9 years of Fermi-LAT data. Brown et al. (2018) argue that the emission from 47 Tuc cannot be explained by millisecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-02 Richard Bartels , Thomas Edwards

The majority of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) contain multiple stellar populations displaying specific chemical abundance variations. In particular, GCs generally contain a `primordial' population with abundances similar to field stars,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 E. Leitinger , H. Baumgardt , I. Cabrera-Ziri , M. Hilker , E. Pancino

Photometry with HST's ACS reveals that the subgiant branch (SGB) of the globular cluster NGC 1851 splits into two well-defined branches. If the split is due only to an age effect, the two SGBs would imply two star formation episodes…

We have used ESO telescopes at La Silla and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in order to obtain accurate B,V,I CCD photometry for the stars located within 200" (~= 2 half-mass radii, r_h = 1.71') from the center of the cluster NGC 6101.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Marconi , G. Andreuzzi , L. Pulone , S. Cassisi , V. Testa , R. Buonanno

47 Tuc is an ideal target to study chemical evolution and GC formation in massive more metal-rich GCs since is the closest, massive GC. We present chemical abundances for O, Na, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Fe, Ni, La, and Eu in 164 red giant branch…

Deep imaging data from the Keck II telescope are employed to study the globular cluster (GC) populations in the cores of six rich Abell clusters. The sample includes A754, A1644, A2124, A2147, A2151, and A2152, and spans the redshift range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John P. Blakeslee

We present the first chemical analysis of stars on the double subgiant branch (SGB) of the globular cluster NGC 1851. We obtained 48 Magellan IMACS spectra of subgiants and fainter stars covering the spectral region between 3650-6750\AA, to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 C. Lardo , A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , A. Mucciarelli , E. Pancino , M. Zoccali , M. Rejkuba , R. Carrera , O. Gonzalez

We constructed for the first time a stellar density profile of 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc) out of $\sim$ 5.5 times its tidal radius ($r_t$) using high-quality deep $BV$ photometry. After carefully considering the influence of photometric errors,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-06 Andrés E. Piatti

It is very likely that most (perhaps all) Galactic globular clusters (GGCs) have experienced two or even more star-formation episodes. This is indicated, in particular, by peculiar chemical composition of the cluster stars which show large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-18 A. Černiauskas , A. Kučinskas , P. Bonifacio , S. M. Andrievsky , S. A. Korotin , V. Dobrovolskas

Thanks to its exceptional near-infrared photometry, JWST can effectively contribute to the discovery, characterization, and understanding of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters, especially at low masses where the Hubble Space…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-04 M. Scalco , M. Libralato , R. Gerasimov , L. R. Bedin , E. Vesperini , D. Nardiello , A. Bellini , M. Griggio , D. Apai , M. Salaris , A. Burgasser , J. Anderson

We present a far-ultraviolet (FUV) study of the globular cluster M30 (NGC 7099). The images were obtained using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS/SBC, F150LP, FUV) and the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2, F300W, UV) which were both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-21 Santana Mansfield , Andrea Dieball , Pavel Kroupa , Christian Knigge , David R. Zurek , Michael Shara , Knox S. Long

Using HST images we have carried out a study of cluster populations in the nearby S0 galaxy NGC 1023. In two WFPC2 pointings we have identified 221 cluster candidates. The small distance (~9 Mpc) combined with deep F555W and F814W images…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Soeren S. Larsen , Jean P. Brodie