A photometric study of the X-ray globular cluster NGC 6624

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Astronomical Photometry, Globular Clusters, X Ray Sources, Color-Magnitude Diagram, Extinction, Main Sequence Stars, Milky Way Galaxy, Stellar Luminosity, Tables (Data), Ubv Spectra

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This paper presents a revised color-magnitude diagram of NGC 6624, a globular cluster coincident with the bursting X-ray source 3U 1820-30. The horizontal branch lies at V = 16.05 mag; with the adopted reddening of 0.25 mag, a revised distance of 8.3 + or - 1.2 kpc is determined. The m/H index derived from the slope of the giant branch is -0.7, which makes NGC 6624 one of the more metal-rich clusters in the Galaxy. The one RR Lyrae variable star in the area may be a field star; a red variable near the cluster is probably a member.

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