Table · dataset · 1997
Arp 2
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We have obtained the first B,V CCD color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of the galactic globular cluster Arp 2.
Description
About 1600 stars have been measured between the tip of the red giant branch at V ~ 15.5 and V ~ 23.5, about two magnitudes below the main sequence turnoff. A centrally concentrated population of blue stragglers has been detected.
The slope of the red giant branch and the overall CMD morphology are consistent with that of a metal-poor cluster, with [Fe/H] = 18.4+/-0.25. A preliminary spectroscopic measurement based on the Ca II triplet yields [Fe/H] = -1.73+/-0.05. The comparison of the CMD of Arp 2 with that of other clusters favors a value more metal-poor than that indicated by the Ca II triplet.
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In this respect, Arp 2 is similar to Ruprecht 106 [Buonanno et al. =1990AJ....100.1811B and =1993AJ....105..184B]. Differential ages between Arp 2 and a number of reference clusters are obtained from the vertical age parameter Delta V^TO_HB, and the horizontal age parameter, {Delta}(B-V)^TO_RGB. By requiring both age estimators to give consistent results, we find that Arp 2 is ~ 3 Gyr younger than the group of the metal-poor clusters and slightly older than Ruprecht 106.
The detection of young metal-poor clusters ([Fe/H] <= -1.8) implies a complex scenario for the origin of the galactic halo, possibly involving interactions with satellite galaxies and their cluster systems.
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/109/650 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 1995AJ....109..650B ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995AJ....109..650B ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/aj/109/650 ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- Stated by source
- Optical
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- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/aj/109/650 | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:optical | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |