A Search for the Tidal Tails of NGC 5897

Details A Search for the Tidal Tails of NGC 5897 A Search for the Tidal Tails of NGC 5897

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...205.2307g&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #23.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1382

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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NGC 5897 is one of a number of halo globular clusters which, based on their inferred orbital parameters, have a high likelihood of being tidally distorted or disrupted by the Galactic potential field. Using MOSAIC images taken on the Blanco 4-meter telescope of a 4x4 degree field surrounding NGC 5897, we present deep, two color, stellar photometry to V ≈ 24. We use color selection and matched filter techniques to search for evidence of tidal tails extending from the cluster.
This work was made possible by a generous NOAO observing time allocation and is supported by a Space Interferometry Mission Key Project grant, NASA/JPL contract 1228235.

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