Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-04-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 9 figures, Astronomy and Astrophysics in press
Scientific paper
We detect stars from the Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues in the field of view of observations with the ROSAT HRI of three globular clusters. We use the positions of these stars to reduce the systematic error in the positions of X-ray sources in the clusters to ~2'' for omega Cen and NGC6752, and 1'' for NGC6397. We detect three X-ray sources in the core of omega Cen, and four in the core of NGC6752; the data for the center of NGC6397 may be fitted with five or six sources. Outside the cores, but within the half-mass radius of the clusters, we detect two sources in omega Cen, one in NGC6397 and two in NGC6752; these may or may not be cluster members. A ROSAT HRI observation of Liller 1 does not detect a low-luminosity source, at a limit below a detection with ASCA. We discuss the nature of the low-luminosity X-ray sources in globular clusters in the light of these new results.
Johnston Helen M.
Verbunt Frank
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