Spatial Configuration of Stars Around Three Metal-poor Globular Clusters in the Galatic Bulge, NGC 6266, NGC 6273, and NGC 6681 : Surface Density Map and Radial Density Profile
We present extra-tidal features of spatial configuration of stars around three metal-poor globular clusters (NGC 6266, NGC 6273, NGC 6681) located in the Galactic bulge. The wide-field photometric data were obtained in BVI bands with the MOSAIC II camera at CTIO 4 m Blanco telescope. The derived col...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of astronomy and space sciences 2017, 34(2), , pp.83-97 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We present extra-tidal features of spatial configuration of stars around three
metal-poor globular clusters (NGC 6266, NGC 6273, NGC 6681) located in the Galactic
bulge. The wide-field photometric data were obtained in BVI bands with the MOSAIC II
camera at CTIO 4 m Blanco telescope. The derived color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) contain
stars in a total 71’×71’area including a cluster and its surrounding field outside of
the tidal radius of the cluster. Applying statistical filtering technique, we minimized
the field star contaminations on the obtained cluster CMDs and extracted the cluster
members. On the spatial stellar density maps around the target clusters, we found
overdensity features beyond the tidal radii of the clusters. We also found that the
radial density profiles of the clusters show departures from the best-fit King model for
their outer regions which support the overdensity patterns. |
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ISSN: | 2093-5587 2093-1409 |
DOI: | 10.5140/JASS.2017.34.2.83 |