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Table 4

Metallicity estimates for NGC 7492 on the ZW scale and their respective values on the UVES scale and vice versa, as found from the literature search.

[Fe/H]ZW [Fe/H]UVES Reference Method

–1.68 ± 0.10 –1.64 ± 0.13c This work Fourier light-curve decomposition of the RR Lyrae stars
–1.72 ± 0.07 Saviane et al. (2012) CaII triplet using the FORS2 imager and spectrograph at the VLT
–1.69 ± 0.08 Saviane et al. (2012) CaII triplet using the FORS2 imager and spectrograph at the VLT
–1.69 ± 0.08 Carretta et al. (2009) Weighted average of several metallicitiesb
–1.82 ± 0.05 –1.83 ± 0.07c Cohen & Melendez (2005) FeI line in bright red giants in this cluster
–1.79 ± 0.06 –1.79 ± 0.08c Cohen & Melendez (2005) FeII line in bright red giants in this cluster
–1.70 ± 0.06 –1.66 ± 0.08c Rutledge et al. (1997) Infrared Ca triplet
–1.78 Harris (1996) Globular cluster cataloguea
–1.5 ± 0.3 –1.41 ± 0.36c Zinn & West (1984) Narrow band Q39 photometric system
–1.34 ± 0.25 –1.23 ± 0.27c Smith (1984) ΔS method for two RR Lyraes in the cluster

Notes.

(a)

The catalogue version used is the updated 2010 version available at http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/Globular.html.

(b)

Carretta et al. (2009); Carretta & Gratton (1997); Kraft & Ivans (2003), and the recalibration of the Q39 and W′′ indices.

(c)

Converted from Col. 1 using Eq. (7) (Carretta et al. 2009).

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