2009/06/09 by A. P. Milone, P. B. Stetson, G. Piotto +4 · 74 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Blue straggler #Educational Leadership and Practices #Galactic Center #Globular cluster #Horizontal branch #RADIUS #RR Lyrae variable #Radial velocity #Star cluster #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912256
published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 503(3), 755-764 (EDP Sciences) · 11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for pubblication in A&A
arxiv created 2009/06/09 · openalex publication_date 2009/06/15 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We have analyzed ACS/WFC and WFPC2 images from <i>HST<i/>, as well as ground-based data to study the radial distribution of the double sub-giant branch (SGB) recently discovered in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 1851. We found that the SGB split can be followed all the way from the cluster center out to at least 8´ from the center. Beyond this distance out to the tidal radius at ~11.7 arcmin, there are simply too few SGB stars to identify the sequences. The number ratio of the bright SGB to the faint SGB stars shows no significant radial trend. Furthermore, we have found that the ratio of blue horizontal-branch (HB) stars plus RR Lyrae to the red HB stars also remains constant from the cluster center to the outer envelope.