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Table 2

Adopted globular cluster parameters: line-of-sight (los) distance, reddening, iron abundance, radial velocity and central velocity dispersion (from Harris 1996, updated version of the catalogue, Dec. 2010).

Cluster Los distance E(BV) [Fe/H] V rad σ V rad Derived los distance
(kpc) (mag) (dex) (km s-1) (km s-1) (kpc)

NGC 5 927 7.7 0.45 –0.49 –107.5 8.9 ± 3.3
NGC 1 851 12.1 0.02 –1.18 320.5 10.4 11.3 ± 4.1
NGC 2 808 9.6 0.22 –1.14 101.6 13.4 9.4 ± 3.1
NGC 4 372 5.8 0.39 –2.17 72.3 8.1 ± 3.1

Notes. The two last columns show the derived distances with their associated errors (quadratic sum of the standard deviation of the members distances and their median individual errors).

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