GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6342

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6342

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6342
RA	17 21 10.08
Declination	-19 35 14.7
Galactic longitude	4.9
Galactic latitude	9.72
R sun	8.5
R gc	1.7
X	8.4
Y	0.7
Z	1.4
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.46
V HB	16.8
(m-M)	16.08
Vt	9.66
MVt	-6.42
(U-B)	0.77
(B-V)	1.26
(V-R)	0.8
(V-I)	1.57
HBR	-1
hbt	7
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-0.55
SpT	G3/4
v_r	115.7
err	1.4
v_LSR	126.3
c	2.5
r_c	0.05
r_h	0.73
r_t	14.86
lg(tc)	6.16
lg(th)	8.51
mu_V	16.97
rho_v	4.97
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Piotto, G. et al.
title	HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands
journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.391, p.945-965 (2002)
CM diagram
Credits	CMD: HST snapshot from Padova database

Image
Image of the cluster from the Digital Sky Survey
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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Origlia, L.; Valenti, E.; Rich, R. M. High-resolution infrared spectra of NGC 6342 and 6528: two moderately reddened bulge globular clusters 2004, MNRAS, Volume 356, Issue 4, pp. 1276-1282. (NGC 6342 NGC 6528 )
Paper n. 2
Piotto, G. et al. HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands 2002, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.391, p.945-965 (2002) (NGC 6342 cmd )
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