GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6229

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6229

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6229
RA	16 46 58.79
Declination	+47 31 39.9
Galactic longitude	73.64
Galactic latitude	40.31
R sun	30.5
R gc	29.8
X	6.5
Y	22.3
Z	19.7
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.01
V HB	18.03
(m-M)	17.45
Vt	9.39
MVt	-8.06
(U-B)	-0.03
(B-V)	0.7
(V-I)	1.01
S_RR	22.8
HBR	0.24
hbt	1
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-1.47
SpT	F7
v_r	-154.2
err	7.6
v_LSR	-138.4
c	1.5
r_c	0.12
r_h	0.36
r_t	5.38
lg(tc)	8.3
lg(th)	9.15
mu_V	16.77
rho_v	3.54
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Carney, Bruce W.; Fullton, Laura Kellar; Trammell, Susan R.
title	The distant globular cluster NGC 6229 and its relation to other outer halo clusters
journal	Astronomical Journal, vol. 101, May 1991, p. 1699-1719
CM diagram

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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Arellano Ferro, A. et al. Revisiting the variable star population in NGC 6229 and the structure of the horizontal branch 2015, (NGC 6229 )
Paper n. 2
Carney, Bruce W.; Fullton, Laura Kellar; Trammell, Susan R. The distant globular cluster NGC 6229 and its relation to other outer halo clusters 1991, Astronomical Journal, vol. 101, May 1991, p. 1699-1719 (NGC 6229 cmd )
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