GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6397

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6397

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6397
RA	17 40 42.09
Declination	-53 40 27.6
Galactic longitude	338.17
Galactic latitude	-11.96
R sun	2.3
R gc	6
X	2.1
Y	-0.8
Z	-0.5
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.18
V HB	12.87
(m-M)	12.37
Vt	5.73
MVt	-6.64
(U-B)	0.12
(B-V)	0.73
(V-R)	0.49
(V-I)	1.03
S_RR	0
HBR	0.98
hbt	1
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-2.02
SpT	F4
v_r	18.8
err	0.1
v_LSR	20.3
c	2.5
r_c	0.05
r_h	2.9
r_t	15.81
lg(tc)	4.94
lg(th)	8.6
mu_V	15.47
rho_v	5.76
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Alcaino, G.; Liller, W.; Alvarado, F.; Kravtsov, V.; Ipatov, A.; Samus, N.; Smirnov, O.
title	Multicolor NTT CCD photometry of the post-core-collapse globular cluster NGC 6397
journal	Astronomical Journal v.114, p. 1067-1073 (1997)
CM diagram

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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Torres, Santiago; García-Berro, Enrique; Althaus, Leandro G.; Camisassa, María E. The white dwarf population of NGC 6397 2015, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 581, id.A90, 9 pp. (NGC 6397 )
Paper n. 2
Mucciarelli, A.; Lovisi, L.; Lanzoni, B.; Ferraro, F. R. The Helium Abundance in the Metal-poor Globular Clusters M30 and NGC 6397 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 786, Issue 1, article id. 14, 8 pp. (NGC 7099 NGC 6397 )
Paper n. 3
Milone, A. P.et al. A Double Main Sequence in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 745, Issue 1, article id. 27 (NGC 6397 )
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