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2016MNRAS.462..501C - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 462, 501-510 (2016/October-2)

Near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the low Galactic latitude globular cluster 2MASS-GC 03.

CARBALLO-BELLO J.A., RAMIREZ ALEGRIA S., BORISSOVA J., SMITH L.C., KURTEV R., LUCAS P.W., MONI BIDIN C., ALONSO-GARCIA J., MINNITI D., PALMA T., DEKANY I., MEDINA N., MOYANO M., VILLANUEVA V. and KUHN M.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present deep near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the globular cluster 2MASS-GC 03 projected in the Galactic disc using MMT and Magellan Infrared Spectrograph on the Clay Telescope (Las Campanas Observatory) and VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea Survey data. Most probable cluster member candidates were identified from near-infrared photometry. Out of 10 candidates that were followed-up spectroscopically, 5 have properties of cluster members, from which we calculate <[Fe/H]> = - 0.9 ± 0.2 and a radial velocity of <vr> = - 78 ± 12 km s–1. A distance of 10.8 kpc is estimated from three likely RR Lyrae members. Given that the cluster is currently at a distance of 4.2 kpc from the Galactic Centre, the cluster's long survival time of an estimated 11.3 ± 1.2 Gyr strengthens the case for its globular-cluster nature. The cluster has a hint of elongation in the direction of the Galactic Centre.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): globular clusters: individual - globular clusters: individual

Nomenclature: Table 1: [CRB2016] NN (Nos 1-10). Table 2: [CRB2016] VN (Nos (V1-V3).

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