Far-ultraviolet imaging of the globular cluster ngc 7099 with the second wide-field and planetary camera

  • Jeremy R. Mould
  • , Alan M. Watson
  • , John S. Gallagher
  • , Gilda E. Ballester
  • , Christopher J. Burrows
  • , Stefano Casertano
  • , John T. Clarke
  • , David Crisp
  • , Richard E. Griffiths
  • , J. Jeff Hester
  • , John G. Hoessel
  • , Jon A. Holtzman
  • , Paul A. Scowen
  • , Karl R. Stapelfeldt
  • , John T. Trauger
  • , James A. Westphal

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Abstract

We have imaged the globular cluster NGC 7099 in the far-UV and visible with WFPC2 on the Hubble Space Telescope. Our far-UV images show a sparsely populated and fully resolved central region. The far-UV to visible color-magnitude diagram of these stars shows a well-defined horizontal branch with no evidence for hot, more evolved descendants. We find one hot horizontal branch star; the center of the cluster harbors four luminous blue stragglers. Far-UV images do not show any singularly steep density gradient at small radii among the horizontal branch stars of this post-core-collapse cluster.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)762-766
Number of pages5
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume461
Issue number2 PART I
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Globular clusters: individual (NGC 7099)
  • Stars: evolution
  • Stars: horizontal-branch
  • Ultraviolet: stars

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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