Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-21-2008
Publication Title
Letters of the Astrophysical Journal
Abstract
Photometry with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (HST ACS) reveals that the subgiant branch (SGB) of the globular cluster NGC 1851 splits into two well-defined branches. If the split is due only to an age effect, the two SGBs would imply two star formation episodes separated by ~1 Gyr. We discuss other anomalies in NGC 1851 that could be interpreted in terms of a double stellar population. Finally, we compare the case of NGC 1851 with the other two globulars known to host multiple stellar populations, and show that all three clusters differ in several important respects.
DOI
10.1086/524188
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Milone, A. P.; Bedin, L. R.; Piotto, G.; Anderson, J.; King, I. R.; Sarajedini, A.; Dotter, A.; Chaboyer, B.; Marin Franch, A.; Majewski, S.; Aparicio, A.; Hempel, M.; Paust, N. E.Q; Reid, I. N.; Rosenberg, A.; and Siegel, M., "The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. III. The Double Subgiant Branch of NGC 1851" (2008). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3296.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3296