Central Proper-Motion Kinematics of NGC 6752
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astronomical Journal
- Vol. 125 (5) , 2559-2567
- https://doi.org/10.1086/374789
Abstract
We present proper motions derived from WFPC2 imaging for stars in the core of the peculiar globular cluster NGC 6752. The central velocity dispersion in both components of the proper motion is 12 km/s. We discuss the implications of this result as well as the intrinsic difficulties in making such measurements. We also give an alternative correction for the 34-row problem in the WFPC2 CCDs.Comment: 25 pages, 7 figures, 1 table included. Accepted for publication in AKeywords
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