Bright Stars and Metallicity Spread in the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

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dc.creatorOrtolani, Sergio
dc.creatorCovino, Stefano
dc.creatorCarraro, Giovanni
dc.date1998-10-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:28:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:28:29Z
dc.descriptionThe globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is the most massive and brightest cluster in our Galaxy. It has also a moderately high mass to light ratio (3.6) and an anomalous flattening (0.83) for a globular cluster. This cluster is also very interesting because it is one of a few examples of globular clusters with a measurable spread in the metal abundance (see Da Costa & Willumsen 1981, Norris et al. 1996, and Suntzeff and Kraft 1996 and references therein) and then it offers a unique, big sample of nearby stars having all the same distance and reddening but showing different metallicity (and age ?) effects. A recent paper by Norris et al. (1997) shows also an interesting correlation between kinematics and metal abundance.
dc.description5 pages, 3 eps figure, pasconf.sty included, Proceedings of the Third Mount Stromlo Symposium: the Galactic Halo
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810310
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810310
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13144
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleBright Stars and Metallicity Spread in the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
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