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远程星团NGC 2419的表面亮度分布图

The surface brightness profile of the remote cluster NGC 2419

Michele Bellazzini

摘要:

银河系球状星团NGC 2419是一个明亮而遥远的星团,它具有非常特殊的结构。特别是它的半光半径明显大于类似光度的普通球状星团,与矮椭圆星系最亮的核心一样大。在这方面,它是特别值得检查的可靠性,现有的表面亮度配置文件为这个集群和现有的估计其结构参数。结合不同的数据集,我得出了从星团中心到~ 480弧秒,即~25个核心半径的表面亮度分布。(节录)。新得到的表面亮度分布与Trager,King & Djorgovski提供的r>= 4 arcsec的结果非常一致,最好用King模型拟合,r_c=0.32 arcmin,mu_V(0)=19.55,C=1.35。此外,还得到了总积分V星等(V_t=10.47 +/-0.07)和半光半径(r_h=0.96 arcmin +/-0.2 arcmin)的独立估计。(节录)。NGC 2419的结构现在受到(至少)两个完全独立的观测剖面的可靠约束,这两个剖面彼此吻合得很好。此外,由不同作者独立获得的结构参数之间的总体协议是相当令人满意的。

英文摘要:

It is well known that the bright and remote Galactic globular cluster NGC2419 has a very peculiar structure. In particular its half-light radius is significantly larger than that of ordinary globular clusters of similar luminosity, being as large as that of the brightest nuclei of dwarf elliptical galaxies. In this context it is particularly worth to check the reliability of the existing surface brightness profiles for this cluster and of the available estimates of its structural parameters. Combining different datasets I derive the surface brightness profile going from the cluster center out to ~ 480 arcsec, i.e. ~25 core radii. (Abridged). The newly obtained surface brightness profile is in excellent agreement with that provided by Trager, King & Djorgovski for r>= 4 arcsec; it is best fitted by a King model having r_c=0.32 arcmin, mu_V(0)=19.55 and C=1.35. Also new independent estimates of the total integrated V magnitude (V_t=10.47 +/- 0.07) and of the half-light radius (r_h=0.96 arcmin +/- 0.2 arcmin) have been obtained. (Abridged). The structure of NGC2419 is now reliably constrained by (at least) two fully independent observational profiles that are in good agreement one with the other. Also the overall agreement between structural parameters independently obtained by different authors is quite satisfying.

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