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We present NICMOS NIC3 observations of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 288, taken South - East at 2.4 times the cluster's half-light radius in the J and H bands. We have detected the cluster main sequence down to J~25 and H~24. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Pasquali , M. S. Brigas , G. De Marchi

Using our catalogue of V$_{26.5}$ isophotal magnitudes for 6756 galaxies in a region covering 60~$\times$~25~arcmin$^2$ in the center of the Coma cluster, plus 267 galaxies in a region of 9.7~$\times$~9.4~arcmin$^2$ around NGC~4839, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Lobo , A. Biviano , F. Durret , D. Gerbal , O. LeFevre , A. Mazure , E. Slezak

We present very deep RIc photometry of the M35 open cluster. We have covered 30' \times 30', equivalent to about a fourth of the total area of the cluster. The data range from I_c=17.5 to 23.5 magnitudes, and the color interval is $0.5 \le…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Barrado y Navascues , J. R. Stauffer , J. Bouvier , E. L. Martin

We determine the luminosity function (LF) of galaxies in the core of the Coma cluster for M_R<=-11.4 (assuming H_0=75 km/s/Mpc), a magnitude regime previously explored only in the Local Group. Objects are counted in a deep CCD image of Coma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 G. M. Bernstein , R. C. Nichol , J. A. Tyson , M. P. Ulmer , D. Wittman

We analyze a ~70 ksec Chandra ACIS-I exposure of the globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139). The ~17 amin x 17 amin field of view fully encompasses three core radii and almost twice the half-mass radius. We detect 180 sources to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Daryl Haggard , Adrienne M. Cool , Melvyn B. Davies

We present a spectroscopic study of candidate brown dwarf members of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). We obtained new J- and/or K-band spectra of ~100 objects within the ONC which are expected to be substellar based on their K,(H-K)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Catherine L. Slesnick , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , John M. Carpenter

We examine the luminosity and B-I color distribution of globular clusters for three early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster using imaging data from the Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The luminosity functions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Carl J. Grillmair , Duncan A. Forbes , Jean P. Brodie , Rebecca Elson

We present deep luminosity functions derived from HST STIS data for three rich LMC clusters (NGC 1805, NGC 1868, and NGC 2209), and for one Galactic globular cluster (NGC 6553). All of the LMC cluster luminosity functions are roughly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Elson , N. Tanvir , G. Gilmore , R. A. Johnson , S. Beaulieu

We perform a combined analysis of stellar kinematics and line-of-sight accelerations of millisecond pulsars to investigate the mass contents of Omega Centauri. We consider multiple mass components: the visible photometric distribution, a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-15 Andrés Bañares-Hernández , Francesca Calore , Jorge Martin Camalich , Justin I. Read

The VLT on Cerro Paranal was used to observe four fields located at 2.3' from the center of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6712 in the V and R bands. The resulting color-magnitude diagram shows a well defined main sequence reaching down…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Guido De Marchi , Bruno Leibundgut , Francesco Paresce , Luigi Pulone

We have constructed the most-comprehensive catalog of photometry and proper motions ever assembled for a globular cluster (GC). The core of $\omega$Cen has been imaged over 650 times through WFC3's UVIS and IR channels for the purpose of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 A. Bellini , J. Anderson , L. R. Bedin , I. R. King , R. P. van der Marel , G. Piotto , A. M. Cool

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 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

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

Using the Faint Object Camera on the repaired Hubble Space Telescope, we have observed two fields in the globular cluster M15: the central density cusp, and a field at r = 20''. These are the highest-resolution images ever taken of this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Craig Sosin , Ivan R. King

We herein determine the average integrated mass loss from stars stars belonging to the dominant metal-poor population ([Fe/H] ~ --1.7) of the Galactic globular cluster omega Centauri (NGC 5139) during their red giant and horizontal branch…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Iain McDonald , Christian I. Johnson , Albert A. Zijlstra

We have imaged $\sim$ 1 deg$^{2}$ in the V-band in the direction of the Hercules Cluster (Abell 2151). The data are used to compute for the first time the luminosity function (LF) of galaxies in the cluster down to the dwarf regime…

The CNOC redshift survey of galaxy clusters measures Omega_M from Omega_e(z)= M/L x j/\rho_c which can be applied on a cluster-by-cluster basis. The mass-to-light ratios, M/L, are estimated from rich galaxy clusters, corrected to the field…

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

The multi-object fibre-fed spectrograph AAOmega at the Anglo-Australian Telescope has been used to establish and measure accurate (<1 kms-1) radial velocities for a new sample of members in the outer parts of the stellar system omega…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 G. S. Da Costa