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球状星团NGC 5286。I.一种新的CCD BV色幅图

The Globular Cluster NGC 5286. I. A New CCD BV Color-Magnitude Diagram

M. Zorotovic, M. Catelan, M. Zoccali, B. J. Pritzl, H. A. Smith, A. W. Stephens, R. Contreras, M. E. Escobar

摘要:

本文介绍了银河系球状星团NGC 5286的BV测光,它基于128个V帧和133个B帧,覆盖了星团的整个表面。我们的测光达到关闭水平以下几乎两个数量级,因此适合年龄分析。场星从星团的色星等图(CMD)中被统计性地移除,并应用了微分红化校正,从而可以计算出精确的脊线。使用后者,根据红巨星分支的几个测量参数,在Zinn & West标度中[Fe/H] = -1.70 +/- 0.10,在Carretta & Gratton标度中[Fe/H] = -1.47 +/- 0.02,与Harris星表中提供的值很好地一致。将NGC 5286 CMD与P.B. Stetson(2008年,私人通讯),使用VandenBerg等时线作为合适的化学成分,我们发现NGC 5286的年龄比M3大1.7 +/- 0.9 Gyr。这在正确的意义上有助于解释NGC 5286的蓝色水平分支,我们提供了几个形态指标的测量。如果NGC 5286是大犬座矮球状星系的真正成员,如前所述,我们的研究结果意味着后者最古老的组成部分可能至少与最古老的银河系球状星团一样古老。

英文摘要:

We present BV photometry of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 5286, based on 128 V frames and 133 B frames, and covering the entire face of the cluster. Our photometry reaches almost two magnitudes below the turn-off level, and is accordingly suitable for an age analysis. Field stars were removed statistically from the cluster's color-magnitude diagram (CMD), and a differential reddening correction applied, thus allowing a precise ridgeline to be calculated. Using the latter, a metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.70 +/- 0.10 in the Zinn & West scale, and [Fe/H] = -1.47 +/- 0.02 in the Carretta & Gratton scale, was derived on the basis of several parameters measured from the red giant branch, in good agreement with the value provided in the Harris catalog. Comparing the NGC 5286 CMD with the latest photometry for M3 by P. B. Stetson (2008, priv. comm.), and using VandenBerg isochrones for a suitable chemical composition, we find evidence that NGC 5286 is around 1.7 +/- 0.9 Gyr older than M3. This goes in the right sense to help account for the blue horizontal branch of NGC 5286, for which we provide a measurement of several morphological indicators. If NGC 5286 is a bona fide member of the Canis Major dwarf spheroidal galaxy, as previously suggested, our results imply that the latter's oldest components may be at least as old as the oldest Milky Way globular clusters.

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