GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6356

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6356

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6356
RA	17 23 34.93
Declination	-17 48 46.9
Galactic longitude	6.72
Galactic latitude	10.22
R sun	15.1
R gc	7.5
X	14.7
Y	1.7
Z	2.7
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.28
V HB	17.5
(m-M)	16.76
Vt	8.25
MVt	-8.51
(U-B)	0.63
(B-V)	1.13
(V-R)	0.69
(V-I)	1.45
S_RR	0
HBR	-1
hbt	7
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-0.4
SpT	G3
v_r	27
err	4.3
v_LSR	38
c	1.59
r_c	0.24
r_h	0.81
r_t	7.97
lg(tc)	8.37
lg(th)	9.3
mu_V	17.02
rho_v	3.78
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Bica, E.; Ortolani, S.; Barbuy, B.
title	The metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6356
journal	Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 106, 161-164 (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
Hopwood, M. E. L.; Evans, A.; Penny, A.; Eyres, S. P. S. Dust in the core of the metal-rich globular cluster NGC6356 1998, MNRAS, 301, L30 (NGC 6356 )
Paper n. 2
Bica, E.; Ortolani, S.; Barbuy, B. The metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6356 1994, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 106, 161-164 (1994) (NGC 6356 cmd )
Paper n. 3
Sandage, Allan; Wallerstein, George Color-Magnitude Diagram for Disk Clobular Cluster NGC 6356 Compared with Halo Clusters 1960, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 131, p.598 (NGC 6356 )
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