Deep advanced camera for surveys imaging in the globular cluster NGC 6397: The cluster color-magnitude diagram and luminosity function

Date

2008

Authors

Richer, Harvey B
Dotter, Aaron
Hurley, Jarrod
Anderson, J
King, I R
Davis, D Saul
Fahlman, Gregory G
Hansen, B M S
Kalirai, Jason S
Paust, Nathaniel

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University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We present the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) from deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging in the globular cluster NGC 6397. The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) was used for 126 orbits to image a single field in two colors (F814W, F606W) 5′ SE of the clust

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Keywords: Galaxy: halo; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6397); Stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: Population II; White dwarfs

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Astronomical Journal

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2037-12-31