HST/ACS colour-magnitude diagrams of M31 globular clusters

With the aim of increasing the sample of M31 clusters for which a colour magnitude diagram is available, we searched the HST archive for ACS images containing objects included in the Revised Bologna Catalogue of M31 globular clusters. Sixty-three such objects were found. We used the ACS images to co...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2009-10
Hauptverfasser: Perina, Sibilla, Federici, Luciana, Bellazzini, Michele, Cacciari, Carla, Flavio Fusi Pecci, Galleti, Silvia
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Zusammenfassung:With the aim of increasing the sample of M31 clusters for which a colour magnitude diagram is available, we searched the HST archive for ACS images containing objects included in the Revised Bologna Catalogue of M31 globular clusters. Sixty-three such objects were found. We used the ACS images to confirm or revise their classification and we obtained useful CMDs for 11 old globular clusters and 6 luminous young clusters. We obtained simultaneous estimates of the distance, reddening, and metallicity of old clusters by comparing their observed field-decontaminated CMDs with a grid of template clusters of the Milky Way. We estimated the age of the young clusters by fitting with theoretical isochrones. For the old clusters, we found metallicities in the range -0.4
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0910.0204