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发现VVV CL001。靠近UKS ~1的一个低质量球状星团

Discovery of VVV CL001. A Low-Mass Globular Cluster Next to UKS~1 in the Direction of the Galactic Bulge

D. Minniti, M. Hempel, I. Toledo, V. D. Ivanov, J. Alonso-García, R. Saito, M. Catelan, D. Geisler, A. Jordán, J. Borissova, M. Zoccali, R. Kurtev, G. Carraro, … 展开作者

D. Minniti, M. Hempel, I. Toledo, V. D. Ivanov, J. Alonso-García, R. Saito, M. Catelan, D. Geisler, A. Jordán, J. Borissova, M. Zoccali, R. Kurtev, G. Carraro, B. Barbuy, J. Clariá, M. Rejkuba, J. Emerson, C. Moni Bidin

摘要:

背景:目前还不知道有多少球状星团可能被遗留在银河系凸起处未被发现。目的:Via Lactea(VVV)巡天中VISTA变星的目标之一是精确测量银河系内部已知球状星团的物理参数,并寻找隐藏在大灭绝区域的新星团。研究方法:深近红外图像给出了已知球状星团UKS 1周围区域的深JHKs波段测光,并揭示了一个新的低质量球状星团候选者,我们命名为VVV CL 001。结果如下:我们使用水平分支红团来测量球状星团UKS 1的E(B-V)~2.2等、$(m-M)_0$ =16.01等和D=15.9 kpc。根据近红外彩色星等图,我们还测量到VVV CL 001的E(B-V)约为2.0,并且它至少和UKS 1一样贫金属,但是它的距离仍然不确定。结论:我们的发现证实了先前的预测,即银河系的中心区域拥有更多的球状星团。VVV CL 001和UKS 1是一个很好的候选者,但需要后续的观测来确定它们是否位于相同的距离,并具有相似的径向速度。

英文摘要:

Context: It is not known how many globular clusters may have been left undetected towards the Galactic bulge. Aims: One of the aims of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey is to accurately measure the physical parameters of the known globular clusters in the inner regions of the Milky Way and to search for new ones, hidden in regions of large extinction. Methods: Deep near infrared images give deep JHKs-band photometry of a region surrounding the known globular cluster UKS 1 and reveal a new low-mass globular cluster candidate that we name VVV CL001. Results: We use the horizontal branch red clump in order to measure E(B-V)~2.2 mag, $(m-M)_0$=16.01 mag, and D=15.9 kpc for the globular cluster UKS 1. Based on the near-infrared colour magnitude diagrams, we also measure that VVV CL001 has E(B-V)~2.0, and that it is at least as metal-poor as UKS 1, however, its distance remains uncertain. Conclusions: Our finding confirms the previous projection that the central region of the Milky Way harbors more globular clusters. VVV CL001 and UKS 1 are good candidates for a physical cluster binary, but follow-up observations are needed to decide if they are located at the same distance and have similar radial velocities.

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