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Piotto, Giampaolo; Paust, Nathaniel E. Q.; Milone, Antonino; Majewski, Steven R.; Marín-Franch, Antonio; Chaboyer, Brian; Bedin, Luigi R.; Aparicio, A.; Siegel, Michael; Rosenberg, A.; Anderson, Jay; Sarajedini, Ata; Hempel, M.; Reid, I. Neill
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, Volume 211, Issue 1, article id. 1, 13 pp. (2014).
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Description
In this study we compare the photometric data of 34 Milky Way globular
clusters, observed within the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Treasury
Program (PI: A. Sarajedini) with the corresponding ground-based data,
provided by the Photometric Standard Field Catalogs of Stetson. We focus
on the transformation between the Hubble Space Telescope/ACS F606W to
V-band and F814W to I-band only. The goal is to assess the validity of
the filter transformation equations by Sirianni et al. with respect to
their dependence on metallicity, horizontal branch morphology, mass, and
integrated (V – I) color of the various globular clusters. The
transformation equations as recommended by Sirianni et al. are based on
synthetic photometry, were mostly tested on NGC 2419, and may introduce
additional uncertainties when applied to different stellar populations.
Such a dependence is expected due to the fact that the transformation
equations are based on the observations of only one globular cluster,
i.e., NGC 2419. Surprisingly, the correlation between offset and
metallicity is found to be weak, with a low level significance. The
correlation between offset and horizontal branch structure, as well as
total cluster mass is still weaker. Based on the available data we do
not find the photometric offset to be linked to multiple stellar
populations, e.g., as found in NGC 0288, NGC 1851, and NGC 5139. The
results of this study show that there are small systematic offsets
between the transformed ACS- and observed ground-based photometry, and
that these are only weakly correlated, if at all, with various cluster
parameters and their underlying stellar populations. As a result,
investigators wishing to transform globular cluster photometry from the
Sirianni et al. ground-based V, I system onto the Stetson system simply
need to add –0.040 (±0.012) to the V magnitudes and
–0.047 (±0.011) to the I magnitudes. This in turn means
that the transformed ACS V – I colors match the ground-based
values from Stetson to within ~0.01 mag.
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope,
obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by
AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555, under program GO-10775 (PI:
A. Sarajedini).
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