Galactic globular and open cluster fiducial sequences in the Pan-STARRS1 photometric system

We present the fiducial sequences of a sample of Galactic star clusters in the five bands of the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) photometric system (g P1, r P1, i P1, z P1, and y P1). These empirical sequences – which include the red giant and sub-giant branches, the main sequence, and the horizontal branch – wer...

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Published in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014-08, Vol.442 (4), p.2999-3009
Main Authors: Bernard, Edouard J., Ferguson, Annette M. N., Schlafly, Edward F., Platais, Imants, Bell, Eric F., Martin, Nicolas F., Rix, Hans-Walter, Slater, Colin T., Burgett, William S., Chambers, Kenneth C., Draper, Peter W., Hodapp, Klaus W., Kaiser, Nicholas, Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter, Magnier, Eugene A., Metcalfe, Nigel, Tonry, John L., Wainscoat, Richard J., Waters, Christopher
Format: Article
Language:English
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Astrophysics
Color
Diagrams
Spectrum analysis
Star & galaxy formation
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Summary:We present the fiducial sequences of a sample of Galactic star clusters in the five bands of the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) photometric system (g P1, r P1, i P1, z P1, and y P1). These empirical sequences – which include the red giant and sub-giant branches, the main sequence, and the horizontal branch – were defined from deep colour–magnitude diagrams reaching below the oldest main-sequence turn-offs of 13 globular and 3 old open clusters covering a wide range of metallicities ( − 2.4 ≲ [Fe/H] ≲ +0.4). We find excellent agreement for the nine clusters in common with previous studies in similar photometric systems when transformed to the PS1 system. Because the photometric and spectroscopic properties of these stellar populations are accurately known, the fiducials provide a solid basis for the interpretation of observations in the PS1 system, as well as valuable constraints to improve the empirical colour–T eff relations.
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stu1081