GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6121

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: M 4

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6121
name	M 4
RA	16 23 35.22
Declination	-26 31 32.7
Galactic longitude	350.97
Galactic latitude	15.97
R sun	2.2
R gc	5.9
X	2.1
Y	-0.3
Z	0.6
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.35
V HB	13.45
(m-M)	12.82
Vt	5.63
MVt	-7.19
(U-B)	0.43
(B-V)	1.03
(V-R)	0.69
(V-I)	1.42
S_RR	52.7
HBR	-0.06
hbt	4
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-1.16
SpT	F8
v_r	70.7
err	0.2
v_LSR	78.6
c	1.65
r_c	1.16
r_h	4.33
r_t	32.49
lg(tc)	7.9
lg(th)	8.93
mu_V	17.95
rho_v	3.64
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Kanatas, I.; Griffiths, W. K.; Dickens, R. J.; Penny, A. J.
title	CCD photometry in the globular cluster M4
journal	MNRAS, Volume 272, Issue 2, pp. 265-290 (1995)
CM diagram

Description of NGC 6121
Messier 4 (also known as M4 or NGC 6121) is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Cheseaux in 1746 and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764. M4 was the first globular cluster in which individual stars were resolved. M4 is conspicuous in even the smallest of telescopes as a fuzzy ball of light. It is also the one of the easiest globular clusters to find, being located only 1.3 degrees west of the bright star Antares, with both objects being visible in a wide field telescope. Modestly sized telescopes will begin to resolve individual stars of which the brightest in M4 are of apparent magnitude 10.8. The cluster carries a characteristic "bar" structure across its core, visible in images (including the one below, extending from upper left to lower right) and moderate sized telescopes. The structure consists of 11th magnitude stars and is approximately 2.5' long and was first noted by William Herschel in 1783. Source: Wikipedia \| Notify inaccuracies
Image
Image of the cluster from the Digital Sky Survey
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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Lardo, C. et al. Multiple populations along the asymptotic giant branch of the globular cluster M4 2017, MNRAS, Volume 466, Issue 3, p.3507-3512 (NGC 6121 )
Paper n. 2
Valcarce, A. A. R.; Catelan, M.; Alonso-García, J.; Cortés, C.; De Medeiros, J. R. Constraints on Helium Enhancement in the Globular Cluster M4 (NGC 6121): The Horizontal Branch Test 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 782, Issue 2, article id. 85, 8 pp. (NGC 6121 )
Paper n. 3
Yong, David; Karakas, Amanda I.; Lambert, David L.; Chieffi, Alessandro; Limongi, Marco Heavy Element Abundances in Giant Stars of the Globular Clusters M4 and M5 2008, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 689, Issue 2, pp. 1031-1043 (NGC 6121 NGC 5904 )
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