GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 6809

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 6809

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 6809
name	M 55
RA	19 39 59.71
Declination	-30 57 53.1
Galactic longitude	8.79
Galactic latitude	-23.27
R sun	5.4
R gc	3.9
X	4.9
Y	0.8
Z	-2.1
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.08
V HB	14.4
(m-M)	13.89
Vt	6.32
MVt	-7.57
(U-B)	0.11
(B-V)	0.72
(V-R)	0.48
(V-I)	1
S_RR	12.4
HBR	0.87
hbt	1
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-1.94
SpT	F4
v_r	174.7
err	0.3
v_LSR	181.8
c	0.93
r_c	1.8
r_h	2.83
r_t	16.28
lg(tc)	8.9
lg(th)	9.29
mu_V	19.36
rho_v	2.22
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Mandushev, Georgi I.; Fahlman, Gregory; Richer, Harvey B.; Thompson, Ian B.
title	A Photometric Study of the Globular Cluster M55
journal	"Astronomical Journal", 1996, v.112, p.1536
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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Sariya, D. P.; Yadav, R. K. S.; Bellini, A. Proper motions and membership probabilities of stars in the region of globular cluster NGC 6809 2012, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 543, id.A87, 9 pp. (NGC 6809 )
Paper n. 2
Lane, Richard R. Testing Newtonian gravity with AAOmega: mass-to-light profiles and metallicity calibrations from 47 Tuc and M55 2010, MNRAS, Volume 401, Issue 4, pp. 2521-2530. (NGC 6809 )
Paper n. 3
Lanzoni, B.; Dalessandro, E.; Perina, S.; Ferraro, F. R.; Rood, R. T.; Sollima, A. The Surprising External Upturn of the Blue Straggler Radial Distribution in M55 2007, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 670, Issue 2, pp. 1065-1073 (NGC 6809 )
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