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A Survey of Globular Cluster Velocity Dispersions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Carlton Pryor
Affiliation:
University of Victoria and Vanderbilt University
Robert D. McClure
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics
J. M. Fletcher
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics
James E. Hesser
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics

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We have used the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory radial velocity spectrometer on the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii telescope to obtain radial velocities, accurate to ~0.8 km/s, for ~20 stars in each of nine globular clusters. The stars are generally within three core radii of the cluster center. The cluster names and metallicities (the latter are averages of values in Zinn and West (1984), Pilachowski (1984), and Webbink (1985)) are given in Table I. This sample includes two clusters with cusps in their surface brightness profiles: NGC 6624 and 6681.

Type
Chapter X. Poster Papers on Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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