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most citedHubble Space Telescope survey of Magellanic Cloud star clusters. Photometry and astrometry of 113 clusters and early results

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29 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid: Data Release 1 (DR1) -- Fornax-7, an ultra-faint companion to the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy? A remote star cluster or dwarf satellite of the Fornax dSph

T. Saifollahi, A. Lançon, A. M. N. Ferguson +165

We report the discovery of an ultra-faint stellar system in the vicinity of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy in Euclid DR1. This system, which we designate Fornax-7, is lo…

astro-ph.SR2026

Euclid: The convective-transition gap of 47 Tuc

M. Libralato, M. Griggio, R. Gerasimov +140

We report the first detection of the `convective-transition gap' (also known as `M-dwarf gap') in the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104) thanks to Euclid data. This feature, linked…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

Euclid: The potential of slitless infrared spectroscopy: A z=5.4 quasar and new ultracool dwarfs

E. Bañados, V. Le Brun, S. Belladitta +226

We demonstrate the potential of Euclid's slitless spectroscopy to discover high-redshift (z>5) quasars and their main photometric contaminant, ultracool dwarfs. Sensitive infrared…

astro-ph.SR2025

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1) Ultracool dwarfs in the Euclid Deep Field North

A. Mohandasan, R. L. Smart, C. Reylé +176

Ultracool dwarfs (UCDs) encompass the lowest mass stars and brown dwarfs, defining the stellar substellar boundary. They have significant potential for advancing the understanding…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 7 cited

A JWST project on 47 Tucanae. Binaries among multiple populations

A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, M. Bernizzoni +25

Almost all globular clusters (GCs) contain multiple populations consisting of stars with varying helium and light-element abundances. These populations include first-population sta…

astro-ph.GA2025

Linking Photometry and spectroscopy: profiling multiple populations in globular clusters

E. Dondoglio, A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone +14

Our understanding of multiple populations in globular clusters (GCs) largely comes from photometry and spectroscopy: appropriate photometric diagrams can disentangle first and seco…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Euclid: Quick Data Release (Q1) -- A photometric search for ultracool dwarfs in the Euclid Deep Fields

M. Žerjal, C. Dominguez-Tagle, N. Vitas +178

We present a catalogue of 5306 new ultracool dwarf (UCD) candidates in the three Euclid Deep Fields in the Q1 data release. They range from late M to late T dwarfs, and include 120…

astro-ph.SR2025

Mass loss along the red giant branch of the intermediate stellar populations in NGC6752 and NGC2808

M. Tailo, A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino +15

The morphology of the Horizontal Branch (HB) in Globular Clusters (GC) is among the early evidences that they contain multiple populations of stars. Indeed, the location of each st…

astro-ph.GA2025

New perspective on the multiple population phenomenon in Galactic globular clusters from a wide-field photometric survey

S. Jang, A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino +10

Wide-field photometry of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) has been investigated to overcome limitations from the small field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope in the study of m…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Exploring Simple-Population and Multiple-Population Globular Clusters in the Outer Galactic Halo using the Hubble Space Telescope

E. P. Lagioia, A. P. Milone, M. V. Legnardi +13

The pseudo two-color diagram, known as chromosome map (ChM), is a valuable tool for identifying globular clusters (GCs) that consist of single or multiple stellar populations (MPs)…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 2 cited

Spectro-Photometry and Radial Distribution of Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters from Gaia XP Spectra

V. J. Mehta, A. P. Milone, L. Casagrande +14

Understanding the formation of multiple populations in globular clusters (GCs) represents a challenge for stellar population studies. Nevertheless, the outermost cluster regions, l…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

On the original composition of the gas forming first-generation stars in clusters: insights from HST and JWST

M. V. Legnardi, A. P. Milone, G. Cordoni +8

Globular cluster (GC) stars composed of pristine material (first-generation, 1G, stars) are not chemically homogeneous, as they exhibit extended sequences in the "Chromosome Map" (…

astro-ph.GA2023

The metallicity variations along the chromosome maps: The Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae

A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, E. Dondoglio +11

The "chromosome maps" (ChMs) of globular clusters (GCs) have revealed that these ancient structures are not homogeneous in metallicity in various ways, and in different natures. Th…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 14 cited

Photometric Binaries in 14 Magellanic Cloud Star Clusters

Anjana Mohandasan, Antonino P. Milone, Giacomo Cordoni +7

Binary stars play a major role in determining the dynamic evolution of star clusters. We used images collected with the Hubble Space Telescope to study fourteen Magellanic Clouds s…

astro-ph.GA2023

A deep dive into the Type II Globular Cluster NGC 1851

E. Dondoglio, A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino +13

About one-fifth of the Galactic globular clusters (GCs), dubbed Type II GCs, host distinct stellar populations with different heavy elements abundances. NGC 1851 is one of the most…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

Multiple Stellar Populations outside the tidal radius of NGC1851 through Gaia DR3 XP Spectra

Giacomo Cordoni, Anna F. Marino, Antonino P. Milone +6

Ancient Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs) have long fascinated astronomers due to their intriguing multiple stellar populations characterized by variations in light-element abundanc…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 13 cited

Hubble Space Telescope survey of Magellanic Cloud star clusters. UV-dim stars in young clusters

A. P. Milone, G. Cordoni, A. F. Marino +11

Young and intermediate-age star clusters of both Magellanic Clouds exhibit complex color-magnitude diagrams. In addition to the extended main-sequence turn-offs (eMSTOs), commonly…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 33 cited

Differential reddening in the direction of 56 Galactic globular clusters

M. V. Legnardi, A. P. Milone, G. Cordoni +6

The presence of differential reddening in the direction of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) has proven to be a serious limitation in the traditional colour-magnitude diagram (CMD)…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 25 cited

Multiple Stellar Populations in Metal-Poor Globular Clusters with JWST: a NIRCam view of M92

Tuila Ziliotto, Antonino P. Milone, Anna F. Marino +10

Recent work on metal-intermediate globular clusters (GCs) with [Fe/H]= and has illustrated the theoretical behavior of multiple populations in photometric diagrams ob…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 52 cited

Photometric binaries, mass functions, and structural parameters of 78 Galactic open clusters

Giacomo Cordoni, Antonino P. Milone, Anna F. Marino +8

Binary stars play a crucial role in our understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters and their stellar populations. We use Gaia Data Release 3 to homogeneously ana…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 34 cited

Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters with JWST: a NIRCam view of 47 Tucanae

A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, A. Dotter +11

We use images collected with the near-infrared camera (NIRCam) on board the James Webb Space Telescope and with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to investigate multiple populations…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 66 cited

Hubble Space Telescope survey of Magellanic Cloud star clusters. Photometry and astrometry of 113 clusters and early results

A. P. Milone, G. Cordoni, A. F. Marino +29

In the past years, we have undertaken an extensive investigation of LMC and SMC star clusters based on HST data. We present photometry and astrometry of stars in 101 fields observe…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

The chemical compositions of multiple stellar populations in the globular cluster NGC 2808

M. Carlos, A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone +8

Pseudo two-colour diagrams or Chromosome maps (ChM) indicate that NGC 2808 host five different stellar populations. The existing ChMs have been derived by the Hubble Space Telescop…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 27 cited

Chromosome maps of Globular Clusters from wide-field ground-based photometry

S. Jang, A. P. Milone, M. V. Legnardi +10

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry is providing an extensive analysis of globular clusters (GCs). In particular, the pseudo two-colour diagram dubbed 'chromosome map (ChM)' al…