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New Main-Sequence Luminosity Functions for Globular Clusters

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The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies

Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale ((IAUS,volume 126))

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We report new results from a program which is aimed at obtaining deep CCD photometry for a sample of relatively nearby globular clusters having a wide range of metallicities. The CCD cameras on the CFHT 3.6 m, CTIO 4 m and KPNO 4 m telescopes have been used over the past 4 years to obtain deep exposures in regions of a number of clusters. In order to avoid the severest crowding, all of our observations have been obtained at distances of greater than ∼ 5 core radii from the cluster centers. The images have been analysed by using the DAOPHOT point-spread-function fitting routines.

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  1. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Canada

    Robert D. McClure, Peter B. Stetson, James E. Hesser & Graham H. Smith

  2. McMaster University, Canada

    William E. Harris

  3. University of Victoria, Canada

    Don A. VandenBerg

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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Jonathan E. Grindlay

  2. Van Vleck Observatory and Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA

    A. G. Davis Philip

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McClure, R.D., Stetson, P.B., Hesser, J.E., Smith, G.H., Harris, W.E., VandenBerg, D.A. (1988). New Main-Sequence Luminosity Functions for Globular Clusters. In: Grindlay, J.E., Davis Philip, A.G. (eds) The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 126. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1104-9_72

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