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Volume 667, November 2022
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Article Number | A37 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243976 | |
Published online | 01 November 2022 |
Existence of tidal tails for the globular cluster NGC 5824
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CAS Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
e-mail: zjk@bao.ac.cn
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School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, 80 Nandan Road, Shanghai 200030, PR China
Received:
7
May
2022
Accepted:
8
August
2022
Context. Several dynamically cold streams have been associated with certain globular clusters (GCs) based on orbital energies and angular momenta. Some of these streams are surprisingly far apart from their progenitors and one such pair is Triangulum and NGC 5824. Triangulum can be considered as a piece of the leading tail of NGC 5824 since the cluster’s future orbit matches well with the stream’s track. The existence of the leading tail of NGC 5824 is the motivation behind the search for its trailing tail.
Aims. Our goal is to confirm the connection between Triangulum and NGC 5824. We also search for the trailing tail of the cluster.
Methods. The selection of member stars of Triangulum is made through various cuts in metallicity, proper motions (PMs), radial velocity and a color–magnitude diagram (CMD). The selected members are compared in phase space to a mock stream that models the disruption of NGC 5824. We then try to detect the trailing tail of the cluster based on a modified matched-filter technique. Stars are assigned weights using their color differences from the cluster’s locus in the CMD. These weights are further scaled, based on the stars’ departures from expected PMs of the model stream.
Results. A total of 26 member stars for Triangulum are obtained, 16 of which are newly identified. These members are consistent with the mock stream in the phase space, and their metalicity and position on the CMD are in good agreement with NGC 5824. By applying the matched filter, a tenuous trailing tail of the cluster is detected, spanning ∼50° long on sky. The signature matches well with the mock stream’s trajectory.
Conclusions. Our results support that the Triangulum stream acts as a part of the leading tail for NGC 5824. On the trailing side, we detected a 50° tail extending from the cluster. The existence of both leading and trailing tails for the GC NGC 5824 is verified.
Key words: globular clusters: individual: NGC 5824 / Galaxy: structure / Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics / Galaxy: halo
© Y. Yang et al. 2022
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