Orbits of Globular Clusters in the Outer Galaxy: NGC 7006

Details Orbits of Globular Clusters in the Outer Galaxy: NGC 7006 Orbits of Globular Clusters in the Outer Galaxy: NGC 7006

2001-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106259v1

Astron.J.122:1916-1927,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

27 pages, 5 figures, to be published in the Astronomical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/323094

We present a proper motion study of the distant globular cluster NGC 7006 based on the measurement of 25 photographic plates spanning a 40-year interval. The absolute proper motion determined with respect to extragalactic objects is (-0.96, -1.14) +- (0.35, 0.40) mas/yr. The total space velocity of NGC 7006 in a Galactocentric rest frame is 279 km/s, placing the cluster on one of the most energetic orbits (Ra =102 kpc) known to date for clusters within 40-kpc from the Galactic center. We compare the orbits of four clusters that have apocentric radii larger than 80 kpc (NGC 5466, NGC 6934, NGC 7006 and Pal 13) with those of Galactic satellites with well-measured proper motions. These clusters have orbits that are highly eccentric and of various inclinations with respect to the Galactic plane. In contrast, the orbits of the Galactic satellites are of low to moderate eccentricity and highly inclined. Based on orbit types, chemical abundances and cluster parameters, we discuss the properties of the hypothetical host systems of the remote globular clusters in the Searle-Zinn paradigm. It is apparent that clusters such as NGC 5466, NGC 6934 and NGC 7006 formed in systems that more likely resemble the Fornax dSph, rather than the Sagittarius dSph. We also discuss plausible causes for the difference found so far between the orbit type of outer halo clusters and that of Galactic satellites and for the tentative, yet suggestive phase-space scatter found among outer halo clusters.

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