HST Studies of the WLM Galaxy. I. The Age and Metallicity of the Globular Cluster

Details HST Studies of the WLM Galaxy. I. The Age and Metallicity of the Globular Cluster HST Studies of the WLM Galaxy. I. The Age and Metallicity of the Globular Cluster

1999-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904316v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 5 figures, 1 table

Scientific paper

10.1086/307595

We have obtained V and I images of the lone globular cluster that belongs to the dwarf Local Group irregular galaxy known as WLM. The color-magnitude diagram of the cluster shows that it is a normal old globular cluster with a well-defined giant branch reaching to M_V=-2.5, a horizontal branch at M_V=+0.5, and a sub-giant branch extending to our photometry limit of M_V=+2.0. A best fit to theoretical isochrones indicates that this cluster has a metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.52\pm0.08 and an age of 14.8\pm0.6 Gyr, thus indicating that it is similar to normal old halo globulars in our Galaxy. From the fit we also find that the distance modulus of the cluster is 24.73\pm0.07 and the extinction is A_V=0.07\pm0.06, both values that agree within the errors with data obtained for the galaxy itself by others. We conclude that this normal massive cluster was able to form during the formation of WLM, despite the parent galaxy's very small intrinsic mass and size.

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