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The globular cluster Omega Centauri is the most massive and luminous cluster in the Galaxy. The $\gamma$-ray source FL8Y J1326.7$-$4729 is coincident with the core of the cluster, leading to speculation that hitherto unknown radio pulsars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 Shi Dai , Simon Johnston , Matthew Kerr , Fernando Camilo , Andrew Cameron , Lawrence Toomey , Hiroki Kumamoto

We investigate a peculiar feature at the hottest, blue end of the horizontal branch of Galactic globular cluster omega Centauri, using the high-precision and nearly complete catalog that has been constructed from a survey taken with the ACS…

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

We present elemental abundances for 855 red giant branch (RGB) stars in the globular cluster Omega Centauri (w Cen) from spectra obtained with the Blanco 4m telescope and Hydra multifiber spectrograph. The sample includes nearly all RGB…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Christian I. Johnson , Catherine A. Pilachowski

As part of our campaign to determine the nature of the various source populations of the low-luminosity globular cluster X-ray sources, we have obtained a Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S3 image of the globular cluster NGC 6440. We detect…

We present results from a 34 ks Chandra/ACIS-S observation of the nearby (d=3.1 Mpc) lenticular galaxy NGC 5102, previously shown to have an unusually low X-ray luminosity. We detect eleven X-ray point sources within the the $D_{25}$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. P. Kraft , L. A. Nolan , T. J. Ponman , C. Jones , S. Raychaudhury

As part of a large investigation with Hubble Space Telescope to study the faintest stars within the globular cluster Omega Centauri, in this work we present early results on the multiplicity of its main sequence (MS) stars, based on deep…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , L. R. Bedin , J. Anderson , D. Apai , A. Bellini , P. Bergeron , A. J. Burgasser , A. Dotter , J. M. Rees

We present HST observations that show a bifurcation of colors in the middle main sequence of the globular cluster Omega Centauri. We see this in three different fields, observed with different cameras and filters. We also present high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 L. R. Bedin , G. Piotto , J. Anderson , S. Cassisi , I. R. King , Y. Momany , G. Carraro , .

We analyse color-magnitude diagrams of eight Globular Clusters (GCs) in the outer Galactic Halo. Images were taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Survey and the Ultraviolet and Visual Channel of the Wide Field Camera…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , L. R. Bedin , A. Dotter , H. Jerjen , D. Kim , D. Nardiello , G. Piotto , J. Cong

Our 5 ks Chandra ACIS-S observation of the globular cluster NGC 6652 detected 7 X-ray sources, 3 of which are previously unidentified. This cluster hosts a well-known bright low-mass X-ray binary, source A (or XB 1832-330). Source B shows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Coomber , C. O. Heinke , H. N. Cohn , P. M. Lugger , J. E. Grindlay

We report on a high-spatial-resolution survey for binary stars in the periphery of the Orion Nebula Cluster, at 5 - 15 arcmin (0.65 - 2 pc) from the cluster center. We observed 228 stars with adaptive optics systems, in order to find…

The globular cluster omega Centauri contains the largest known population of very hot horizontal branch (HB) stars. We have used the Hubble Space Telescope to obtain a far-UV/optical color-magnitude diagram of three fields in omega Cen. We…

Using the 2dF multi-fibre instrument at the AAT, we have carried out a spectroscopic survey of over 1500 stars brighter than B=16.6 mag, which have been confirmed by the proper motion study of van Leeuwen et al. (2000) to be members of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jacco Th. van Loon

We present a near-infrared J and K photometric catalog containing more than 73,000 stars in the central region of the giant Globular Cluster omega Centauri. This is the largest IR data-set ever published for this cluster and has been used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Sollima , F. R. Ferraro , L. Origlia , E. Pancino , M. Bellazzini

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

We have carried out a major survey for visual binaries towards the Orion Nebula Cluster using HST images obtained with an H-alpha filter. Among 781 likely ONC members more than 60" from theta-1 Ori C, we find 78 multiple systems (75…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Bo Reipurth , Marcelo M. Guimarães , Michael S. Connelley , John Bally

We report on the Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the globular cluster NGC 288. We detect four X-ray sources within the core radius and seven additional sources within the half-mass radius down to a limiting luminosity of Lx=7e30…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. K. H. Kong , C. Bassa , D. Pooley , W. H. G. Lewin , L. Homer , F. Verbunt , S. F. Anderson , B. Margon

Using the 2dF multi-fibre instrument on the AAT, moderate resolution spectra have been obtained for a large sample of stars on the main sequence and at the turnoff in the unusual globular cluster omega Centauri. We investigate the behaviour…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. S. Da Costa , Laura Stanford , John E. Norris , R. D. Cannon

We used archival multi-band Hubble Space Telescope observations obtained with the Wide-Field Camera 3 in the UV-optical channel to present new important observational findings on the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of the Galactic globular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Bellini A. , Bedin L. R. , Piotto G. , Milone A. P. , Marino A. F. , Villanova S.

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

We have determined stellar parameters and abundances for 221 giant branch stars in the globular cluster {\omega} Centauri. A combination of photometry and lower-resolution spectroscopy was used to determine temperature, gravity,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jeffrey D. Simpson , P. L. Cottrell , C. C. Worley