Table · dataset · 2015
gr photometry of stars in Kim 2
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We report the discovery of a new, low-luminosity star cluster in the outer halo of the Milky Way.
Description
High-quality gr photometry is presented, from which a color-magnitude diagram is constructed, and estimates of age, [Fe/H], [{alpha}/Fe], and distance are derived. The star cluster, which we designate as Kim 2, lies at a heliocentric distance of ~105kpc.
With a half-light radius of ~12.8pc and ellipticity of {epsilon}~0.12, it shares the properties of outer halo globular clusters, except for at higher metallicity ([Fe/H]~-1.0) and lower luminosity (M_v_~-1.5). These parameters are similar to those for the globular cluster AM 4, which is considered to be associated with the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. We find evidence of dynamical mass segregation and the presence of extra-tidal stars that suggests that Kim 2 is most likely a star cluster.
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Spectroscopic observations for radial-velocity membership and chemical abundance measurements are needed to further understand the nature of the object.
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/803/63 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2015ApJ...803...63K ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...803...63K ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/apj/803/63 ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/apj/803/63 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:infrared | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:optical | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
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| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
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