Properties of Galactic Globular Clusters

Dataset

We have assembled 560 recent measurements from the literature of distances of Galactic globular clusters and found revised distance estimates for 154 of the 157 clusters in the McMaster catalogue [Harris, 2010 edition, Cat. VII/202]. We find a trough in the X-distribution at the Galactic centre, and symmetries corresponding to the structure of the bar. These features indicate a distance, R_0_=7.4+/-0.2(stat)+/-0.2(sys)kpc, only a little higher than Bica et al.'s (2006, Cat. J/A+A/450/105) estimate.

Cone search capability for table VII/271/catalog (Properties of globular clusters)

Identifier
Source	https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/VII/271
Related Identifier	https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/271
Related Identifier	http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=VII/271
Metadata Access	http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/271

Provenance
Creator	Francis C.; Anderson E.
Publisher	CDS
Publication Year	2014
Rights	https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess	true
Contact	CDS support team <cds-question(at)unistra.fr>

Representation
Resource Type	Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline	Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy