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We present the second data release of the Large Early Galaxy Astrophysics Census (LEGA-C), an ESO 130-night public spectroscopic survey conducted with VIMOS on the Very Large Telescope. We release 1988 spectra with typical continuum S / N…

An increasing amount of spectroscopic and photometric evidence is showing that the stellar populations of globular clusters are not as simple as they have been considered for many years. The presence of at least two different populations of…

We present a detailed analysis of the spatial distribution of the stellar populations in the Galactic globular cluster omega Centauri. Taking advantage of the large photometric catalog published by Pancino et al. (2000), we confirm that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Pancino , A. Seleznev , F. R. Ferraro , M. Bellazzini , G. Piotto

We present a detailed analysis of the radial distribution of light-element multiple populations (LE-MPs) in the massive and dense globular cluster M80 based on the combination of UV and optical Hubble Space Telescope data. Surprisingly, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 E. Dalessandro , M. Cadelano , E. Vesperini , M. Salaris , F. R. Ferraro , B. Lanzoni , S. Raso , J. Hong , J. J. Webb , A. Zocchi

The discovery of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters has implications for all the aspects of the study of these stellar systems. In this paper, by means of N-body simulations, we study the evolution of binary stars in…

Globular Clusters (GCs) are known to host distinct stellar populations, characterized by different chemical compositions. Despite extensive research, the origin of these populations remains elusive. According to many formation scenarios,…

NGC 4473 is a so--called double sigma (2$\sigma$) galaxy, i.e. a galaxy with rare, double peaks in its 2D stellar velocity dispersion. Here, we present the globular cluster (GC) kinematics in NGC 4473 out to $\sim10\,R_e$ (effective radii)…

We have studied the stellar populations in a region of 30 pc around SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud using multi-band HST-WFPC2 images. The effective temperature, luminosity and reddening of each detected star were determined by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martino Romaniello , Nino Panagia , Salvatore Scuderi

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

We make use of the Hubble Space Telescope proper-motion catalogs derived by Bellini et al. (2014) to produce the first radial velocity-dispersion profiles sigma(R) for blue straggler stars (BSSs) in Galactic globular clusters (GCs), as well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 A. T. Baldwin , L. L. Watkins , R. P. van der Marel , P. Bianchini , A. Bellini , J. Anderson

A plethora of evidence suggests that $\omega$ Centauri ($\omega$ Cen) is the nuclear star cluster of a galaxy that merged with the Milky Way in early times. We use APOGEE, Gaia, MUSE, and HST data supplemented by galaxy chemical evolution…

The M4 Core Project with HST is designed to exploit the Hubble Space Telescope to investigate the central regions of M4, the Globular Cluster closest to the Sun. In this paper we combine optical and near-infrared photometry to study…

We present wide-field and high-precision BV and Ca & Stromgren by photometry of omega Centauri, which represents one of the most extensive photometric surveys to date for this cluster. The member stars of omega Cen are well discriminated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. -C. Rey , Y. -W. Lee , C. Ree , J. -M. Joo , Y. -J. Sohn , A. Walker

Most Globular Clusters (GC) show chemical inhomogeneities in the composition of their stars, apparently due to a second stellar generation (SG) in which the forming gas is enriched by hot-CNO cycled material processed in stars belonging to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. D'Antona , V. Caloi

Recent wide-field photometric surveys (Lee et al.; Pancino et al.) have shown the existence of a previously unknown metal-rich ([Fe/H] -0.6) stellar population in the galactic globular cluster omega Centauri. The discovery of this new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. R. Ferraro , M. Bellazzini , E. Pancino

The HST UV Survey of Globular Clusters (GCs) has investigated GCs and their stellar populations. In previous papers of this series we have introduced a pseudo two-color diagram, "chromosome map" (ChM), that maximises the separation between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 A. F. Marino , A. P. Milone , A. Renzini , F. D'Antona , J. Anderson , L. R. Bedin , A. Bellini , G. Cordoni , E. P. Lagioia , G. Piotto , M. Tailo

A projected mass estimator and a maximum likelihood estimator are developed to best determine the mass of stellar clusters from proper motion data. Both methods effectively account and correct for errors in the velocities, and provide an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-25 Richard D'Souza , Hans-Walter Rix

[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

The kinematics of the stellar halo hold important clues to the assembly history and mass distribution of the Galaxy. In this study, we map the kinematics of stars across the Galactic halo with the H3 Survey. We find a complex distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-21 Jiwon Jesse Han , Charlie Conroy , Dennis Zaritsky , Ana Bonaca , Nelson Caldwell , Vedant Chandra , Yuan-Sen Ting

Asteroseismology provides a new avenue for accurately measuring the masses of evolved globular cluster (GC) stars through the detection of their solar-like oscillations. We present the first detections of solar-like oscillations in 47 red…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-17 Madeline Howell , Simon W. Campbell , Dennis Stello , Gayandhi M. De Silva