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Recent, high precision photometry of Omega Centauri, the biggest Galactic globular cluster, has been obtained with Hubble Space Telescope. The color magnitude diagram reveals an unexpected bifurcation of colors in the main sequence (MS).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. R. Bedin , G. Piotto , J. Anderson , I. R. King , S. Cassisi , Y. Momany , .

Our recent CCD photometry (Lee et al. 1999) has shown, for the first time, that omega Cen has several distinct stellar populations, which is reminiscent of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Here we present more detailed analysis of the data…

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 summarize results of a search for X-ray-emitting binary stars in the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) using Chandra and HST. ACIS-I imaging reveals 180 X-ray sources, of which we estimate that 45-70 are associated with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Daryl Haggard , Adrienne M. Cool , Tersi Arias , Michelle B. Brochmann , Jay Anderson , Melvyn B. Davies

We revisit the problem of the split main sequence (MS) of the globular cluster omega Centauri, and report the results of two-epoch Hubble Space Telescope observations of an outer field, for which proper motions give us a pure sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 I. R. King , L. R. Bedin , S. Cassisi , A. P. Milone , A. Bellini , G. Piotto , J. Anderson , A. Pietrinferni , D. Cordier

In this paper we present the analysis of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the globular cluster Omega Centauri. Our analysis combines data obtained in this work with previously published HST data from an earlier article of this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-31 Michele Scalco , Luigi Bedin , Enrico Vesperini

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.

The globular cluster $\omega$ Centauri (NGC 5139) is a puzzling stellar system harboring several distinct stellar populations whose origin still represents a unique astrophysical challenge. Current scenarios range from primordial chemical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Sandro Villanova , Giovanni Carraro , Riccardo Scarpa , Gianni Marconi

We report the results of an extensive VLT high-resolution imaging campaign of the central region of the giant globular cluster omega Centauri. More than 100,000 stars have been measured in the inner 9'x 9' region of the cluster. On the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 A. Sollima , F. R. Ferraro , E. Pancino , M. Bellazzini

As part of the Accretion Discs in H$\alpha$ with OmegaCAM (ADHOC) survey, we imaged in r, i and H-alpha a region of 12x8 square degrees around the Orion Nebula Cluster. Thanks to the high-quality photometry obtained, we discovered three…

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…

We take advantage of the exquisite quality of the Hubble Space Telescope 26-filter astro-photometric catalog of the core of Omega Cen presented in the first paper of this series and the empirical differential-reddening correction presented…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Bellini , A. P. Milone , J. Anderson , A. F. Marino , G. Piotto , R. P. van der Marel , L. R. Bedin , I. R. King

There is a growing body of evidence for the presence of multiple stellar populations in some globular clusters, including NGC 1851. For most of these peculiar globular clusters, however, the evidence for the multiple red giant-branches…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Sang-Il Han , Young-Wook Lee , Seok-Joo Joo , Sangmo Tony Sohn , Suk-Jin Yoon , Hak-Sub Kim , Jae-Woo Lee

Deep HST-WFPC2 observations of the stellar population in the globular cluster Omega Cen (NGC 5139) have been used to measure the luminosity function of main sequence stars at the low-mass end. Two fields have been investigated, located…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Guido De Marchi

We present the results of a deep photometric survey performed with FORS1@VLT aimed at investigating the complex Main Sequence structure of the stellar system omega Centauri. We confirm the presence of a double Main Sequence and identify its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Sollima , F. R. Ferraro , M. Bellazzini , L. Origlia , O. Straniero , E. Pancino

An understanding of the assembly history of the complex star cluster Omega Centauri has long been sought after, with many studies separating the stars on the color-magnitude diagram into multiple groupings across small magnitude ranges.…

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

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

Omega Centauri ($\omega$ Cen) is the most massive globular cluster of the Milky Way and has been the focus of many studies that reveal the complexity of its stellar populations and kinematics. However, most previous studies have used…

This paper presents the first study of the most massive globular cluster (GC) in the Milky Way, omega Centauri, employing recently acquired JWST deep images. By combining these data with archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images, we…

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