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遥远的银河系球状星团NGC 2419上

On the remote Galactic globular cluster NGC 2419

V. Ripepi, G. Clementini, M. Di Criscienzo, C. Greco, M. Dall'Ora, L. Federici, L. Di Fabrizio, I. Musella, M. Marconi, L. Baldacci, M. Maio

摘要:

本文利用B,V,I时间序列CCD测光方法对银河系球状星团NGC 2419进行了近10年的深(V ~ 26)观测,观测范围超出了星团的潮汐半径。我们已经确定了101颗变星,其中60颗是新发现的,是已知的天琴座RR型变星的两倍,包括12颗SX型凤凰星。天琴座RR型恒星的平均周期(分别<Pab>为0.662 d和<Pc>0.366 d)以及在周期振幅图中的位置都证实了NGC 2419是一个奥斯特霍夫II星团。天琴座RR星的平均视星等为<V>=20.31 +/- 0.01(sigma=0.06,67颗星),导致距离模数(m-M)o=19.60 +/- 0.05。色星等图,在星团关闭点以下约2.6等,没有显示出多个恒星星族的明确证据。在r~ 10.5 '处发现了星团星,可能在r~ 15'处发现了星团星,这表明文献中的潮汐半径可能被低估了。在数据中没有明确检测到潮汐外结构。NGC 2419有许多蓝色离散星和一个从天琴座RR星延伸到一个以“蓝钩”结尾的极蓝色尾巴的人口稠密的水平分支,这是该星团中首次发现。红巨星分支是狭窄的,排除了显着的金属丰度分布。我们的研究结果似乎不赞成将NGC 2419解释为具有河外起源或被银河系潮汐破坏的矮星系的残余。

英文摘要:

We present a new, deep (V ~ 26) study of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2419 based on B,V,I time-series CCD photometry over about 10 years and extending beyond the cluster published tidal radius. We have identified 101 variable stars of which 60 are new discoveries, doubling the known RR Lyrae stars and including 12 SX Phoenicis stars. The average period of the RR Lyrae stars (<Pab>=0.662 d, and <Pc>=0.366 d, for fundamental-mode -RRab- and first-overtone pulsators, respectively), and the position in the period-amplitude diagram both confirm that NGC 2419 is an Oosterhoff II cluster. The average apparent magnitude of the RR Lyrae stars is <V>=20.31 +/- 0.01 (sigma=0.06, 67 stars) and leads to the distance modulus (m-M)o=19.60 +/- 0.05. The Color-Magnitude Diagram, reaching about 2.6 mag below the cluster turn-off, does not show clear evidence of multiple stellar populations. Cluster stars are found until r~ 10.5', and possibly as far as r~15', suggesting that the literature tidal radius might be underestimated. No extra-tidal structures are clearly detected in the data. NGC 2419 has many blue stragglers and a well populated horizontal branch extending from the RR Lyrae stars down to an extremely blue tail ending with the "blue-hook", for the first time recognized in this cluster. The red giant branch is narrow ruling out significant metallicity spreads. Our results seem to disfavor the interpretation of NGC 2419 as either having an extragalactic origin or being the relict of a dwarf galaxy tidally disrupted by the Milky Way.

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