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Hubble Space Telescope observations of the center of globular cluster M15Images of the dense center of globular cluster M 15 (NGC 7078) have been obtained with the HST in the V and I filters. Accurate photometry is possible in the very densest part of the cluster center with rms errors of less than 0.3 magnitudes for stars down to the main-sequence turnoff. Evidence for radial segregation between horizontal branch, red-giant branch, and blue straggler stars is presented. We discuss the possibility of the existence of a central stellar density cusp which does not flatten into a small central core at radii less than 2 arcsec.
Document ID
19940034409
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Yanny, Brian
(Inst. for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications
Volume: 105
Issue: 691
ISSN: 0004-6280
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
94A11064
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26555
Distribution Limits
Public
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