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Table · dataset · 2014

BVI photometry of the SMC star cluster ESO 51-SC09

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We present results on the age and metallicity estimates of the astonishingly unstudied Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) cluster (ESO 51-SC09), from CCD BVI photometry obtained at the ESO NTT with the EMMI attached.

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ESO 51-SC09 turns out to be a relatively small cluster (FWHM=10+/-1pc) located ~4{deg} northward from the galaxy center. We report for the first time a mean cluster age of 7.0+/-1.3Gyr and a mean cluster metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.00+/-0.15 dex, concluding that ESO 51-SC09 belongs to the group of the oldest SMC clusters.

We found that the cluster is projected onto an older (age~10-13Gyr) and more metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-1.3+/-0.2 dex) dominant field stellar population, so that the cluster could have reached its current location because of its orbital motion.

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