GGCs database: globular cluster Pal 8

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: Pal 8

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	Pal 8
RA	18 41 29.9
Declination	-19 49 33
Galactic longitude	14.11
Galactic latitude	-6.79
R sun	12.8
R gc	5.5
X	12.3
Y	3.1
Z	-1.5
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.32
V HB	17.27
(m-M)	16.53
Vt	11.02
MVt	-5.51
(U-B)	0.72
(B-V)	1.22
HBR	-1
hbt	7
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-0.37
v_r	-43
err	15
v_LSR	-32.3
c	1.53
r_c	0.56
r_h	0.58
r_t	13.55
lg(tc)	8.65
lg(th)	8.47
mu_V	20
rho_v	2.34
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Armandroff, Taft E.
title	Color-magnitude diagrams for six metal-rich, low-latitude globular clusters
journal	Astronomical Journal, vol. 96, p. 588-634, 796-804.
CM diagram

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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Armandroff, Taft E. Color-magnitude diagrams for six metal-rich, low-latitude globular clusters 1988, Astronomical Journal, vol. 96, p. 588-634, 796-804. (Pal 8 cmd )
Paper n. 2
Canterna, R.; Rosino, L. Infrared Studies of Four Highly Reddened Globular Clusters - PALOMAR-2 PALOMAR-8 PALOMAR-10 and NGC6749 1981, ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS. SUPP. SER. V. 45, P. 53 (Pal 8 Pal 2 Pal 10 )
Paper n. 3
Abell, G. O. Globular Clusters and Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey 1955, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 67, No. 397, p.258-261 (Pal 8 history )
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