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Table 2

Ages and metallicities for Galactic GCs.

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Cluster Age [Fe/H]C [Fe/H]S Age [Fe/H]
(Gyr) (dex) (dex) (Gyr) (dex)

NGC 104 13.0  ±  2.6a –0.76  ±  0.02 –0.70 13.09  ±  1.76 –0.79  ±  0.04
NGC 1851 10.6  ±  2.1a –1.18  ±  0.08 –1.21 10.26  ±  0.16 –1.26  ±  0.01
NGC 1904 11.4  ±  2.4a –1.58  ±  0.02 –1.55 11.58  ±  0.22 –1.84  ±  0.02
10.24  ±  3.00 –1.88  ±  0.05
NGC 2298 12.6  ±  2.6b –1.96  ±  0.04 –1.97 10.89  ±  1.34 –2.00  ±  0.03
10.32  ±  1.54 –2.06  ±  0.02
NGC 2808 10.0  ±  2.2a –1.18  ±  0.04 –1.29 13.90  ±  0.07 –1.24  ±  0.01
13.87  ±  0.08 –1.25  ±  0.01
NGC 3201 13.0  ±  1.9a –1.51  ±  0.02 –1.56 9.56  ±  0.24 –1.35  ±  0.01
11.75  ±  0.11 –1.45  ±  0.01
NGC 5286 12.5  ±  2.5b –1.70  ±  0.07 –1.51 6.04  ±  4.46 –1.78  ±  0.08
9.19  ±  3.34 –1.79  ±  0.07
4.01  ±  2.97 –1.66  ±  0.07
NGC 5904 10.6  ±  2.2a –1.33  ±  0.02 –1.26 9.26  ±  0.11 –1.44  ±  0.00
10.00  ±  0.16 –1.41  ±  0.01
NGC 5927 12.1  ±  2.4a –0.29  ±  0.07 –0.64 11.38  ±  2.54 –0.48  ±  0.04
12.87  ±  1.73 –0.50  ±  0.02
12.77  ±  1.37 –0.48  ±  0.02
NGC 5946 11.7  ±  3.0a –1.29  ±  0.14 –1.54 10.56  ±  1.93 –1.76  ±  0.04
NGC 5986 11.6  ±  2.3a –1.63  ±  0.08 –1.53 10.14  ±  3.33 –1.84  ±  0.05
NGC 6121 11.9  ±  2.3a –1.18  ±  0.02 –1.15 7.94  ±  0.14 –1.35  ±  0.01
NGC 6171 13.0  ±  2.7a –1.03  ±  0.02 –1.13 13.22  ±  1.27 –1.07  ±  0.03
12.23  ±  1.47 –1.05  ±  0.03
NGC 6218 12.1  ±  2.5a –1.33  ±  0.02 –1.32 11.08  ±  0.94 –1.63  ±  0.02
NGC 6235 11.7  ±  3.0a –1.38  ±  0.07 –1.36 9.81  ±  1.07 –1.26  ±  0.04
NGC 6254 11.3  ±  2.3a –1.57  ±  0.02 –1.51 11.73  ±  0.05 –1.72  ±  0.02
NGC 6266 12.1  ±  2.4a –1.18  ±  0.07 –1.20 10.60  ±  0.10 –1.22  ±  0.01
NGC 6284 11.4  ±  2.3a –1.31  ±  0.09 –1.27 10.21  ±  0.12 –1.33  ±  0.01
10.39  ±  0.48 –1.28  ±  0.02
NGC 6304 13.5  ±  2.8b –0.37  ±  0.07 –0.66 14.69  ±  3.43 –0.63  ±  0.06
NGC 6316 –0.36  ±  0.14 –0.90 14.83  ±  0.93 –0.86  ±  0.02
14.46  ±  1.30 –0.86  ±  0.03
NGC 6333 –1.79  ±  0.09 –1.65 10.49  ±  2.17 –2.03  ±  0.03
NGC 6342 12.3  ±  2.5a –0.49  ±  0.14 –1.01 13.13  ±  0.47 –0.93  ±  0.01
12.95  ±  0.85 –0.84  ±  0.02
NGC 6352 12.6  ±  2.6b –0.62  ±  0.05 –0.70 12.24  ±  0.35 –0.70  ±  0.01
NGC 6356 –0.35  ±  0.14 –0.74 14.26  ±  2.10 –0.76  ±  0.04
NGC 6362 12.1  ±  2.4a –1.07  ±  0.05 –1.17 14.53  ±  0.21 –1.22  ±  0.01
NGC 6388 12.0  ±  2.6b –0.45  ±  0.04 –0.68 6.57  ±  1.10 –0.62  ±  0.03
NGC 6441 11.2  ±  2.4b –0.44  ±  0.07 –0.65 6.09  ±  1.80 –0.55  ±  0.04
5.89  ±  0.67 –0.54  ±  0.02
NGC 6522 –1.45  ±  0.08 –1.39 8.97  ±  0.43 –1.24  ±  0.02
NGC 6528 12.6  ±  2.5c 0.07  ±  0.08 –0.10 13.60  ±  1.42 –0.29  ±  0.03
12.39  ±  1.95 –0.26  ±  0.04
NGC 6544 10.6  ±  2.3a –1.47  ±  0.07 –1.38 11.57  ±  0.91 –1.34  ±  0.02
NGC 6553 13.0  ±  2.5d –0.16  ±  0.06 –0.20 10.35  ±  4.23 –0.29  ±  0.08
NGC 6569 –0.72  ±  0.14 –1.08 14.98  ±  0.15 –1.06  ±  0.01
NGC 6624 12.5  ±  2.6b –0.42  ±  0.07 –0.70 9.21  ±  1.53 –0.70  ±  0.04
11.21  ±  1.71 –0.74  ±  0.04
NGC 6626 –1.46  ±  0.09 –1.21 10.39  ±  0.68 –1.37  ±  0.02
NGC 6637 11.9  ±  2.6a –0.59  ±  0.07 –0.78 13.38  ±  1.34 –0.86  ±  0.03
NGC 6638 –0.99  ±  0.07 –1.08 12.96  ±  1.21 –1.00  ±  0.02
NGC 6652 12.1  ±  2.5a –0.76  ±  0.14 –1.10 11.72  ±  0.28 –0.95  ±  0.01
10.12  ±  0.15 –1.01  ±  0.01
NGC 6723 12.7  ±  2.9a –1.10  ±  0.07 –1.14 12.78  ±  0.15 –1.34  ±  0.01
NGC 6752 13.5  ±  2.9a –1.55  ±  0.01 –1.57 9.37  ±  3.75 –1.86  ±  0.07
NGC 7078 12.5  ±  2.6a –2.33  ±  0.02 6.82  ±  1.43 –2.32  ±  0.01
6.98  ±  1.19 –2.32  ±  0.01
NGC 7089 11.9  ±  2.7a –1.66  ±  0.07 –1.49 10.36  ±  2.89 –1.82  ±  0.06

Notes. For GCs observed more than once, each spectrum was fitted separately. Our results correspond to the average and 1σ values of the MC simulations (see text in Sect. 3).

References. (a) De Angeli et al. (2005); (b) Marín-Franch et al. (2009); (c) Momany et al. (2003); (d) Beaulieu et al. (2001). Ages from references (a) and (b) were converted to absolute values adopting an age of 13  ±  2.5 Gyr for 47 Tuc (Zoccali et al. 2001), and errors are propagated from the original references. Columns 3 and 4: [Fe/H] from Carretta et al. (2009) and Schiavon et al. (2005), respectively. Columns 5 and 6: ages and [Fe/H] obtained in this work, respectively.

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