Bibcode
Alonso, A.; Salaris, M.; Martinez-Roger, C.; Straniero, O.; Arribas, S.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.323, p.374-381
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1997
Journal
Citations
20
Refereed citations
18
Description
We present new BV photometry for 6564 stars in the field of the globular
cluster NGC 6366, using a wide field CCD camera at the prime focus of
the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT 2.5m). The mean internal accuracy of the
present V magnitudes and (B-V) colours ranges from 0.005mag for the
stars at the top of the Red Giant Branch to 0.07mag for the faintest
measured Main Sequence stars. From the resultant Colour-Magnitude
Diagram (CMD), and considering spectroscopic determinations of [Fe/H]
from previous works, we derive the reddening (E(B-V)=0.70+/-0.04), the
distance modulus (m-M_o_=12.26+/-0.15) and the age (18_-3_^+2^Gyrs) of
the cluster by comparing with the theoretical isochrones computed by
Straniero & Chieffi (1991). The difference in V magnitude between
the Turn-Off and the Horizontal Branch ({DELTA}V^TO^_HB_) amounts
3.51+/-0.15mag. We compare the CMD of NGC 6366 with the CMD of other
clusters with similar metallicity in order to estimate relative age
differences. We extract two concluions from our analysis (1) NGC 6366
seems to be coeval with the bulk of metal-poor halo clusters, and much
older (4-6Gyr) than other metal-rich globular clusters (Pal 12, 47Tuc
and M71). (2) On the basis of the comparison between
{DELTA}V^TO^_HB_-age and {DELTA}(B-V)_SGB_-age relations, there seems to
exist a difference in the Helium abundance between the disk globular
system (Y~0.28) and the (inner) halo globular system (Y~0.23).