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Near Infrared Photometry of New Galactic Globular Clusters GC 01 and GC 02

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

J. Borissova
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
V. D. Ivanov
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Santiago, Chile
L. Vanzi
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Santiago, Chile

Abstract

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We present a preliminary report on the first deep near infrared photometry of 2MASS GC 01 and 2MASS GC 02 - new Galactic globular cluster candidates, discovered by the 2MASS. The red giant branch slopes yielded [Fe/H]=-0.42 ± 0.15 dex and [Fe/H]=-0.66 ± 0.17 dex, respectively for GC 01 and GC 02. We estimated the reddening towards GC 01 and GC 02: E(B - V) = 5.36 ± 0.20, and E(B - V) = 4.55 ± 0.17. The calculated distance moduli to the clusters are: (m - M)0 = 13.53 ± 0.27 and (m - M)0 = 14.53 ± 0.31 for GC 01 and GC 02. Our best fit for the radial surface brightness profile of GC 02 yields: lg(rc) = 1.40, lg(rh) = 1.54, lg(rt) = 1.31, and c=1.60. CC 01 is less concentrated: lg(rc) = 1.63, lg(rh) = 1.7, lg(rt) = 1.25, and c=1.41.

Type
Part 1. The Star Clusters of Local Group Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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