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Near-Infrared photometry of the LMC cluster Reticulum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
We present U, B, V, I (SUSI@NTT) and J,Ks (SOFI@NTT) photometry of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) cluster Reticulum. The observing strategy and data reduction (DAOPHOTII/ALLFRAME) allowed us to reach an accuracy of the order of 0.01 – 0.03 mag in all the bands at limiting magnitudes typical of RR Lyrae stars. Reticulum hosts a sizable sample of RR Lyrae stars (32), and we supply an accurate distance estimate using the RR Lyrae K-band Period-Luminosity-Metallicity (PLZK) relation. This method presents several advantages when compared with the MV vs [Fe/H] relation, since it is only marginally affected by off-ZAHB evolutionary effects and reddening corrections.
- Type
- Part 3. Variable stars as tracers of different stellar populations – galactic and globular clusters, LMC/SMC and Local Group galaxies
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 193: Variable Stars in the Local Group , 2004 , pp. 189 - 192
- Copyright
- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004