The Proper Motion of NGC 6522 in Baade's Window

Details The Proper Motion of NGC 6522 in Baade's Window The Proper Motion of NGC 6522 in Baade's Window

1997-10-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710354v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to AJ, 21 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/300302

We have detected seven stars with a common proper motion which are located within 2.5 arcminutes of the globular cluster NGC 6522 in the Baade's Window field of the Galactic bulge. We argue that these stars are members of the cluster, and derive a weighted mean proper motion and heliocentric radial velocity of mu_l = 1.4 +/- 0.2 mas/yr, mu_b = -6.2 +/- 0.2 mas/yr, v = -28.5 +/- 6.5 km/s. We rederive the distance to NGC 6522 (0.91 +/- 0.04 R_0, where R_0 is the Galactocentric distance) and metallicity ([Fe/H] = -1.28 +/- 0.12), making use of recent revisions in the foreground extinction toward the cluster (A_V = 1.42 +/- 0.05). We find the spatial velocity of the cluster and conclude that the cluster stays close to the Galactic center, and may have experienced significant bulge/disk shocking during its lifetime.

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