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2008

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The Acs Survey Of Galactic Globular Clusters. Iii. The Double Subgiant Branch Of Ngc 1851, A. P. Milone, L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, J. Anderson, I. R. King, A. Sarajedini, A. Dotter, B. Chaboyer, A. Marin Franch, S. Majewski, A. Aparicio, M. Hempel, N. E.Q Paust, I. N. Reid, A. Rosenberg, M. Siegel Sep 2008

The Acs Survey Of Galactic Globular Clusters. Iii. The Double Subgiant Branch Of Ngc 1851, A. P. Milone, L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, J. Anderson, I. R. King, A. Sarajedini, A. Dotter, B. Chaboyer, A. Marin Franch, S. Majewski, A. Aparicio, M. Hempel, N. E.Q Paust, I. N. Reid, A. Rosenberg, M. Siegel

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Photometry with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (HST ACS) reveals that the subgiant branch (SGB) of the globular cluster NGC 1851 splits into two well-defined branches. If the split is due only to an age effect, the two SGBs would imply two star formation episodes separated by ~1 Gyr. We discuss other anomalies in NGC 1851 that could be interpreted in terms of a double stellar population. Finally, we compare the case of NGC 1851 with the other two globulars known to host multiple stellar populations, and show that all three clusters differ in several important …


Ages And Metallicities Of Early-Type Void Galaxies From Line Strength Measurements, Gary Wegner, Norman A. Grogin May 2008

Ages And Metallicities Of Early-Type Void Galaxies From Line Strength Measurements, Gary Wegner, Norman A. Grogin

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We present spectroscopic observations of 26 galaxies of type E and S0, based on their blue morphologies, located in voids by the study of Grogin & Geller in 1999. Measurements of redshift, velocity dispersion, and four Lick line indices, Mg b , Fe5270, Fe5335, and Hβ with their errors are given for all of these galaxies, along with Hβ, [O III], Hα, and [N II] emission line strengths for a subset of these objects. These sources are brighter than M* for low-density regions and tend to be bluer than their counterpart early-type objects in high-density regions. Using the models …


De Canum Venaticorum: A Bright, Eclipsing Red Dwarf–White Dwarf Binary, E. J. M. Van Den Besselaar, R. Greimel, L. Morales-Rueda, G. Nelemans, J. R. Thorstensen Feb 2008

De Canum Venaticorum: A Bright, Eclipsing Red Dwarf–White Dwarf Binary, E. J. M. Van Den Besselaar, R. Greimel, L. Morales-Rueda, G. Nelemans, J. R. Thorstensen

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Close white dwarf - red dwarf binaries must have gone through a common-envelope phase during their evolution. DE CVn is a detached white dwarf - red dwarf binary with a relatively short (~8.7 hours) orbital period. Its brightness and the presence of eclipses makes this system ideal for a more detailed study. From a study of photometric and spectroscopic observations of DE CVn we derive the system parameters which we discuss in the frame work of common-envelope evolution. Photometric observations of the eclipses are used to determine an accurate ephemeris. From a model fit to an average low-resolution spectrum of …