GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6540

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6540

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6540
name	Djorg 3
RA	18 06 08.6
Declination	-27 45 55
Galactic longitude	3.29
Galactic latitude	-3.31
R sun	5.3
R gc	2.8
X	5.2
Y	0.3
Z	-0.3
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.66
V HB	16.25
(m-M)	15.65
Vt	9.3
MVt	-6.35
hbt	2
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-1.35
v_r	-17.7
err	1.4
v_LSR	-8.8
c	2.5
r_c	0.03
r_h	0
r_t	9.49
lg(tc)	5.4
lg(th)	0
mu_V	16.4
rho_v	5.85
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Bica, E.; Ortolani, S.; Barbuy, B.
title	The globular cluster NGC 6540
journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics , vol. 283, no. 1, p. 67-75 (1994)
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
Bica, E.; Ortolani, S.; Barbuy, B. The globular cluster NGC 6540 1994, Astronomy and Astrophysics , vol. 283, no. 1, p. 67-75 (1994) (NGC 6540 cmd )
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