BVRI CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6362

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view Abstract Citations (22) References (18) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS BVRI CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6362. Alcaino, G. ; Liller, W. Abstract We have obtained 78 BVRI CCD frames with the 1.54 m Danish telescope at ESO, La Silla, and have constructed V vs B - V, V vs V - R, V vs R - I, V vs V - I, and V vs B - I color-magnitude diagrams in a 4' × 2.'5 field of the globular cluster NGC 6362. From these five CMDs we find that the main-sequence turnoffs are all close to the same magnitude, namely VTO = 18.75 ± 0.1, and the color turn-offs at B-V = 0.50 ± 0.02, V-R = 0.31 ± 0.02, R-I = 0.35 ± 0.02, V-I = 0.68 ± 0.02, and B - I = 1.18 ± 0.03. The magnitude difference between the turnoff and the horizontal branch for the five diagrams is Δ Mv = 3.40 ± 0.15 in excellent agreement with the value given by Sandage (1982). Using Y = 0.2, Z = 0.001 ([Fe/H] = - 1.27), a = 1.65, a distance modulus of (m -M)v = 14.74, and E(B - V) = 0.10, we find that the VandenBerg and Bell isochrones (1985) yield a consistent age for NGC 6362 in all colors indexes of 16 ± 1.5 × 100 yr. The solar distance to the cluster is 7.7 kpc and the galactic distance is 5.6 kpc assuming R0 = 9 kpc. Publication: The Astronomical Journal Pub Date: February 1986 DOI: 10.1086/114010 Bibcode: 1986AJ.....91..303A Keywords: Astronomical Photometry; Charge Coupled Devices; Globular Clusters; Chronology; Distance; Stellar Color; Stellar Magnitude; Astronomy full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (16)