Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-03-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages (LaTeX+aaspp4.sty), 3 tables and 4 figures (Postscript, gzipped tar file). Postscript version of paper, tables, and f
Scientific paper
10.1086/117965
We present our analysis of Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 observations in F555W (broadband V) and F450W (broadband B) of the globular cluster Hodge 11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. The resulting V vs. (B-V) color-magnitude diagram reaches 2.4 mag below the main-sequence turnoff (which is at V_TO = 22.65 +- 0.10 mag or M_V^TO = 4.00 +- 0.16 mag). Comparing the fiducial sequence of Hodge 11 with that of the Galactic globular cluster M92, we conclude that, within the accuracy of our photometry, the age of Hodge 11 is identical to that of M92 with a relative age-difference uncertainty ranging from 10% to 21%. Provided that Hodge 11 has always been a part of the Large Magellanic Cloud and was not stripped from the halo of the Milky Way or absorbed from a cannibalized dwarf spheroidal galaxy, then the oldest stars in the Large Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way appear to have the same age.
Fall Michael S.
Mighell Kenneth J.
Rich Robert Michael
Shara Michael M.
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