BVRI CCD photometry of Omega Centauri
Color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of V vs B-V, V vs V-I, and V vs B-I have been constructed based on 179 BVRI CCD frames of two adjoining 4x2.5-arcmin fields in Omega Cen (NGC 5139) obtained with the 1.54-m Danish La Silla telescope. The spread in the main sequences noted in the three CMDs indicates that the wide range in chemical composition among the evolved stars in this cluster persists as well in the unevolved stars. This result suggests that the abundance variations are primordial. A difference in magnitude between the turnoff and the horizontal branch of 3.8 + or - 0.15 is found which is greater than a previous value. 38 references.
- Research Organization:
- Ministerio de Educacion de Chile, Instituto Isaac Newton, Santiago
- OSTI ID:
- 5345832
- Journal Information:
- Astron. J.; (United States), Vol. 94
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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