GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6287

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6287

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6287
RA	17 05 09.13
Declination	-22 42 30.1
Galactic longitude	0.13
Galactic latitude	11.02
R sun	9.4
R gc	2.1
X	9.2
Y	0
Z	1.8
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.6
V HB	17.2
(m-M)	16.72
Vt	9.35
MVt	-7.36
(U-B)	0.52
(B-V)	1.2
(V-R)	0.83
(V-I)	1.74
S_RR	0
HBR	0.98
hbt	1
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-2.1
SpT	F5
v_r	-288.7
err	3.5
v_LSR	-279.1
c	1.38
r_c	0.29
r_h	0.74
r_t	10.51
lg(tc)	8.06
lg(th)	8.75
mu_V	18.32
rho_v	3.78
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Stetson, Peter B.; West, Michael J.
title	A color-magnitude diagram for NGC 6287: The oldest globular cluster in the Galaxy?
journal	Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications, vol. 106, no. 701, p. 726-735 (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
Lee, Jae-Woo; Carney, Bruce W. Chemical Abundances of Three Metal-poor Globular Clusters (NGC 6287, NGC 6293, and NGC 6541) in the Inner Halo 2002, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 124, Issue 3, pp. 1511-1527 (NGC 6541 NGC 6293 NGC 6287 )
Paper n. 2
Stetson, Peter B.; West, Michael J. A color-magnitude diagram for NGC 6287: The oldest globular cluster in the Galaxy? 1994, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications, vol. 106, no. 701, p. 726-735 (1994) (NGC 6287 cmd )
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