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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2020
We have used the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations to measure proper motion of the globular cluster NGC 6656 (M22) with respect to the background bulge stars and its internal velocity dispersion profile. Based on the proper motion of the clusters, its space velocity and orbit are also calculated. The central velocity dispersion in radial and tangential components of the internal motion of cluster stars is 16.99 km s−1. We derive the mass-to-light ratio M/LV∼3.3 ± 0.2 which is relatively higher than the previous works.
Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc., under NASA contrct NAS5-26555.