The outer - halo globular cluster NGC 6229 . III . Deep CCD photometry
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Deep BV photometry for a large field covering the outer-halo globular cluster NGC 6229 is presented. For the first time, a colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) reaching below the main sequence turnoff has been obtained for this cluster. Previous results regarding the overall morphology of the horizontal and giant branches are confirmed. In addition, nine possible extreme horizontalbranch stars have been identified in our deep images, as well as thirty-three candidate blue stragglers. We also find the latter to be more centrally concentrated than subgiant branch stars covering the same range in V magnitude. A comparison of the cluster CMD with the M5 (NGC 5904) ridgeline from Sandquist et al. (1996) reveals that: i) NGC 6229 and M5 have essentially identical metallicities; ii) NGC 6229 and M5 have the same ages within the errors in spite of their different horizontal-branch morphologies.
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The outer - halo globular cluster NGC 6229 III . Deep CCD
Deep BV photometry for a large field covering the outer-halo globular cluster NGC 6229 is presented. For the first time, a colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) reaching below the main sequence turnoff has been obtained for this cluster. Previous results regarding the overall morphology of the horizontal and giant branches are confirmed. In addition, nine possible extreme horizontal-branch stars have ...
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