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BS196:一个远离SMC主体的古老星团

BS196: an old star cluster far from the SMC main body

E. Bica, J. F. C. Santos, A. A. Schmidt

摘要:

利用4.1米SOAR望远镜对外围SMC星团BS 196进行了B和V测光。测光很深(到V~25),显示在Mv=2.5(1.03 Msun)的星团关闭点(TO)以下~3等。群集位于SMC距离处。CMD和等时线拟合提供了5.0+-0.5 Gyr的星团年龄,表明这是迄今为止在SMC中检测到的12个最古老的星团之一。估计的金属丰度为[Fe/H]=-1.68+-0.10。结构分析通过King剖面拟合给出核心半径Rc=8.7+-1.1 arcsec(2.66+-0.14 pc)和潮汐半径Rt=69.4+-1.7 arcsec(21.2+-1.2 pc)。BS 196相当松散,浓度参数c=0.90。Mv=-1.89+-0.39,与开始被探索的著名的人口众多的相比,BS 196属于本质上较暗的SMC星系团。

英文摘要:

We present B and V photometry of the outlying SMC star cluster BS196 with the 4.1-m SOAR telescope. The photometry is deep (to V~25) showing ~3 mag below the cluster turnoff point (TO) at Mv=2.5 (1.03 Msun). The cluster is located at the SMC distance. The CMD and isochrone fittings provide a cluster age of 5.0+-0.5 Gyr, indicating that this is one of the 12 oldest clusters so far detected in the SMC. The estimated metallicity is [Fe/H]=-1.68+-0.10. The structural analysis gives by means of King profile fittings a core radius Rc=8.7+-1.1 arcsec (2.66+-0.14 pc) and a tidal radius Rt=69.4+-1.7 arcsec (21.2+-1.2 pc). BS196 is rather loose with a concentration parameter c=0.90. With Mv=-1.89+-0.39, BS196 belongs to the class of intrinsically fainter SMC clusters, as compared to the well-known populous ones, which starts to be explored.

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