Globular cluster photometry with the Hubble Space Telescope. I - Description of the method and analysis of the core of 47 TUC

Details Globular cluster photometry with the Hubble Space Telescope. I - Description of the method and analysis of the core of 47 TUC Globular cluster photometry with the Hubble Space Telescope. I - Description of the method and analysis of the core of 47 TUC

Nov 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aj....104.1790g&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 104, no. 5, p. 1790-1817.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

82

Astronomical Photometry, Globular Clusters, Hubble Space Telescope, Stellar Cores, Cameras, Point Spread Functions

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Accurate photometry for individual post-main-sequence stars in the core of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tuc is presented and analyzed using an empirical point spread function model and Monte Carlo simulations. A V vs. V-I color-magnitude diagrams is constructed which shows several distinct stellar types, including RGB and HB stars. Twenty-four blue straggler stars are detected in 47 Tuc, more concentrated toward the center of the cluster than the giants. This supports the hypothesis is that the stragglers are either coalesced stars or members of binary systems that are more massive than single stars. The radial profile of the projected stellar density is flat in the central region of 47 Tuc with a core radius of 23 +/- 2 arcsec. No signature of a collapsed core is evident. The observed radial cumulative distribution of stars rules out the presence of a massive compact object in the center.

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