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2021AJ....161..204B - Astron. J., 161, 204-204 (2021/April-0)

Astrometric membership tests for the Zinn-Newell-Gibson UV-bright stars in Galactic globular clusters.

BOND H.E.

Abstract (from CDS):

In 1972, Zinn, Newell, & Gibson (ZNG) published a list of 156 candidate UV-bright stars they had found in 27 Galactic globular clusters (GCs), based on photographs in the U and V bands. UV-bright stars lie above the horizontal branch (HB) and blueward of the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) and red giant branch in the clusters' color-magnitude diagrams. They are in rapid evolutionary phases-if they are members and not unrelated bright foreground stars. The ZNG list has inspired numerous follow-up studies, aimed at understanding late stages of stellar evolution. However, the ZNG candidates were presented only in finding charts, and celestial coordinates were not given. Using my own collection of CCD frames in u and V, I have identified all of the ZNG objects, and have assembled their coordinates, parallaxes, and proper motions from the recent Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3). Based on the Gaia astrometry, I have determined which objects are probable cluster members (45% of the sample). For the members, using photometry from EDR3, I have assigned the stars to various evolutionary stages, including luminous post-AGB stars, and stars above the HB. I point out several ZNG stars of special interest that have still, to my knowledge, never been studied in detail. This study is an adjunct to a forthcoming survey of the Galactic GCs in the uBVI photometric system, designed for detection of low-gravity stars with large Balmer discontinuities.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Globular star clusters - Late stellar evolution - Post-asymptotic giant branch stars - Horizontal branch stars - Space astrometry

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/161/204): table1.dat>

Status at CDS : All or part of tables of objects could be ingested in SIMBAD with priority 2.

Simbad objects: 55

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