GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6715

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6715

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6715
name	M 54
RA	18 55 03.33
Declination	-30 28 47.5
Galactic longitude	5.61
Galactic latitude	-14.09
R sun	26.5
R gc	18.9
X	25.6
Y	2.5
Z	-6.5
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.15
V HB	18.16
(m-M)	17.58
Vt	7.6
MVt	-9.98
(U-B)	0.24
(B-V)	0.85
(V-R)	0.53
(V-I)	1.1
S_RR	6.1
HBR	0.75
hbt	3
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-1.49
SpT	F7/8
v_r	141.3
err	0.3
v_LSR	149.2
c	2.04
r_c	0.09
r_h	0.82
r_t	7.47
lg(tc)	8.24
lg(th)	9.93
mu_V	14.78
rho_v	4.69
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Marconi, G.; Buonanno, R.; Castellani, M.; Iannicola, G.; Molaro, P.; Pasquini, L.; Pulone, L.
title	The stellar content of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.330, p.453-463 (1998)
CM diagram
Credits	CMD from A&A website

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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Sollima, A.; Cacciari, C.; Bellazzini, M.; Colucci, S. The population of variable stars in M54 (NGC6715) 2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 406, Issue 1, pp. 329-341 (NGC 6715 )
Paper n. 2
Bellazzini, M.et al. The Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dsph Galaxy and M54: a Window on the Process of Galaxy Nucleation 2008, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 136, Issue 3, pp. 1147-1170 (NGC 6715 )
Paper n. 3
Siegel, M.H. et al. The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters: M54 and Young Populations in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy 2007, astro-ph/0708.0027(ApJL, accepted for publication) (NGC 6715 )
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