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Detection of extended Red Clump in the SMC cluster Kron 3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

P. K. Nayak
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India email: [email protected] Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014, India
A. Subramaniam
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India email: [email protected]
S. Subramanian
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India email: [email protected]
S. Sahu
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India email: [email protected] Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014, India
C. Mondal
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India email: [email protected] Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014, India
Maria-Rosa L. Cioni
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
C. Bell
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract

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For the first time, we report the identification of NUV bright red clump (RC) stars and the extension of RC stars over two magnitudes both in color and magnitude axis in NUV vs (NUV – optical) color magnitude diagram. We find that the extension of RC is not due to photometric uncertainties. We suggest that the extension could be an effect of field star contamination. We also suggest that if it is an intrinsic property of the cluster then age and/or metallicity spread within the cluster could be the possible reasons for extended RC.

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© International Astronomical Union 2020

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