2021AJ....162..228C


Query : 2021AJ....162..228C

2021AJ....162..228C - Astron. J., 162, 228-228 (2021/December-0)

Relative ages of nine inner Milky Way globular clusters from proper-motion-cleaned color-magnitude diagrams.

COHEN R.E., BELLINI A., CASAGRANDE L., BROWN T.M., CORRENTI M. and KALIRAI J.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Our picture of the age-metallicity relation for Milky Way globular clusters (MWGCs) is still highly incomplete, and the majority of MWGCs lack self-consistent age measurements. Here, we exploit deep, homogenous multiepoch Hubble Space Telescope imaging of nine MWGCs located toward the inner Milky Way to measure their relative ages, in most cases for the first time. Our relative age measurements are designed to be directly comparable to the large set of MWGC ages presented by VandenBerg et al. (V13), using identical filters, evolutionary models, and bolometric corrections, extended to the higher extinction values relevant to our target clusters. Adopting the V13 MWGC age scale, our relative age measurements imply that our target clusters are consistently very old, with a mean age of 12.9 ± 0.4 Gyr, with the exception of the young metal-rich MWGC NGC 6342. We perform two tests to validate the precision of our methodology, and discuss the implications of our target cluster loci in the MWGC age-metallicity plane. In addition, we use our fully self-consistent bolometric corrections to assess the systematic impact of variations in the total-to-selective extinction ratio RV on relative age measurements.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Globular star clusters - Star clusters - Milky Way evolution - Milky Way formation - Galactic bulge

Simbad objects: 17

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Number of rows : 17
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NGC 104 GlC 00 24 05.359 -72 04 53.20     4.09     ~ 4158 0
2 NGC 362 GlC 01 03 14.26 -70 50 55.6     6.58     ~ 1167 0
3 NGC 5986 GlC 15 46 03.00 -37 47 11.1     6.92     ~ 408 0
4 M 13 GlC 16 41 41.634 +36 27 40.75     5.8     ~ 2291 0
5 NGC 6256 GlC 16 59 32.68 -37 07 17.1           ~ 182 0
6 NGC 6325 GlC 17 17 59.27 -23 45 57.7           ~ 190 0
7 NGC 6342 GlC 17 21 10.14 -19 35 14.7     10.01     ~ 310 0
8 NGC 6355 GlC 17 23 58.65 -26 21 12.3   12.46 11.05     ~ 183 0
9 NGC 6366 GlC 17 27 44.24 -05 04 47.5           ~ 344 0
10 NGC 6362 GlC 17 31 54.99 -67 02 54.0           ~ 637 0
11 NGC 6380 GlC 17 34 28.00 -39 04 09.0           ~ 175 0
12 NGC 6401 GlC 17 38 36.93 -23 54 31.5   11.31 10.71     ~ 203 0
13 NGC 6453 GlC 17 50 51.77 -34 35 55.1   10.49       ~ 189 0
14 NGC 6522 GlC 18 03 34.08 -30 02 02.3           ~ 569 0
15 NGC 6558 GlC 18 10 17.6 -31 45 50           ~ 265 0
16 NGC 6642 GlC 18 31 54.23 -23 28 34.1   11.30 10.24     ~ 240 0
17 NAME Galactic Bulge reg ~ ~           ~ 4794 0

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