Fig. 6.
Schematic evolution of horizontal branch tracks in the V vs (V − I) colour-magnitude diagram, as function of stellar population age. Different colours represent different metallicities. The shaded grey area marks the approximate position of the pulsation instability strip. The horizontal branch tracks are assigned to a specific age following the procedure laid out in Sect. 3.
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