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Parameters
Positional Parameters
clusterNGC 6642
RA18 31 54.10
Declination-23 28 30.7
Galactic longitude9.81
Galactic latitude-6.44
R sun8.1
R gc1.7
X8
Y1.4
Z-0.9
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)0.4
V HB16.4
(m-M)15.79
Vt9.13
MVt-6.66
(U-B)0.57
(B-V)1.11
(V-R)0.72
(V-I)1.45
S_RR31.3
hbt3
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]-1.26
SpT F8
v_r-57.2
err5.4
v_LSR-47.3
c1.99
r_c0.1
r_h0.73
r_t10.07
lg(tc)6.95
lg(th)8.52
mu_V16.82
rho_v4.64
Color-magnitude diagrams
authorBarbuy, B.; Bica, E.; Ortolani, S.; Bonatto, C.
titleSOAR BVI photometry of the metal-poor bulge globular cluster NGC 6642
journalAstronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 449, Issue 3, pp.1019-1024
CM diagram
CreditsCMD: HST snapshot from Padova database

Description of NGC 6642

This globular was discovered by William Herschel on August 7, 1784, and cataloged by him as H II.205.

Source: SEDS | Notify inaccuracies

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Image of the cluster from the Digital Sky Survey

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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Balbinot, E.; Santiago, B. X.; Bica, E.; Bonatto, C.
The globular cluster NGC 6642: evidence for a depleted mass function in a very old cluster
2009, MNRAS, Vol. 396, Issue 3, pp. 1596-1602
(NGC 6642 )
Paper n. 2
Barbuy, B.; Bica, E.; Ortolani, S.; Bonatto, C.
SOAR BVI photometry of the metal-poor bulge globular cluster NGC 6642
2006, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 449, Issue 3, pp.1019-1024
(NGC 6642 )
Paper n. 3
Minniti, D.
Spectroscopy and IR photometry for giant stars in obscured globular clusters:
NGC 6325, NGC 6401, NGC 6440, NGC 6517, NGC 6642, HP 1 and PAL 6.

1995, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.303, p.468 (1995)
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