BVI CCD Photometry of the Globular Cluster 47 Tuc

• Autorzy: Kaluzny J. , Wysocka A. , Stanek K. Z. , Krzemiński W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We present BVI photometry for about 16000 stars from a 220 square arcmin field centered 8 arcmin East of the center of 47 Tuc. We have identified eight likely blue stragglers located in the outer parts of the cluster. Four of these objects are easy targets for spectroscopic studies with ground-based telescopes. Six candidates for blue horizontal branch stars were identified. However, it is possible that all or most of them belong in fact to the SMC halo. One faint blue star being candidate for a cataclysmic variable was found close to the cluster center. The average I-band magnitude for stars forming the red giant branch clump is determined at I₀=13.09±0.005 mag. This in turn implies distance modulus of the cluster (m-M)_0,47Tuc=13.32±0.03±0.036 mag (statistical plus systematic error), if we adopt M_I,m=-0.23±0.03 mag for the average absolute luminosity of Hipparcos-calibrated clump giants, following Paczyński and Stanek and Stanek and Garnavich. This distance modulus of 47 Tuc is lower by 0.2-0.25 mag than its recent estimates based on Hipparcos parallaxes for subdwarfs. We discuss possible reasons for this discrepancy. The photometric data are available through the anonymous ftp service.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

globular clusters: individual: 47 Tuc; techniques: photometric; stars: distances

• Wydawca: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
• Czasopismo: Acta Astronomica
• Rocznik: 1998
• Tom: Vol. 48, No. 3
• Strony: 439--453
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz., tab., wykr. zdj.

Twórcy

autor

Kaluzny J.

• Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Wysocka A.

• Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Stanek K. Z.

• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., MS20, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

autor

Krzemiński W.

• Carnegie Observatories, Las Campanas Observatory, La Serena, Casilla 601, Chile

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