Globular cluster NGC 2298
A UBV photometric investigation of the southern globular cluster NGC 2298 was carried out at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory using the 1.5 m reflector for the photoelectric and the photographic work. Fourteen stars were observed photoelectrically to apparent magnitude V = 16.22. With this sequence, 60 stars were calibrated photographically. The apparent distance modulus is (m- M) app = 15.70. The reddening is E (B-V) = 0.08. The true distance modulus is (m-M)/sub o/ = 15.46. The distance is 12.36 kpc from the Sun, 3.54 kpc from the galactic plane, and 18.72 kpc from the galactic center. The giant branch rises 3 magnitudes above the horizontal branch at (B -- V)/sub o/ = 1.4, characteristic of a metal poor object. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Univ. Catolica de Chile, Santiago
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-019194
- OSTI ID:
- 4338595
- Journal Information:
- Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., v. 13, no. 1, pp. 55-63, Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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