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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…
The Hubble Missing Globular Clusters Survey IV. Ultra-faint compact satellites of the Milky Way. The case of Koposov 2
M. Bellazzini, R. Pascale, E. Dodd +16
In the last decades a number of extremely faint and compact Galactic satellites (Ultra Faint Compact Satellites; UFCS) have been discovered by large panoramic surveys. Their nature…
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…
Euclid: Early Release Observations -- Internal kinematics and the convective-transition gap of NGC 6397
M. Griggio, M. Libralato, R. Gerasimov +130
We present a 'multiple-pass' data-reduction tool designed for Euclid, based on software developed for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which improves the astrometric and photometr…
The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey. III. Astro-photometric catalogs, artificial-star tests, and improved absolute proper motions
M. Libralato, A. Bellini, D. Massari +17
The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey (MGCS) has taken one of the last opportunities to complete the census of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) started by past Hubble Space Te…
Low-resolution spectroscopic characterisation of five poorly known Galactic stellar clusters
E. Ceccarelli, M. Bellazzini, D. Massari +4
Stellar clusters preserve crucial information on the formation and evolutionary processes that shaped the Milky Way (MW) as we see it today. However, several MW clusters still lack…
Astrometric Reconnaissance of Exoplanetary Systems (ARES). I. Methodology validation with HST point-source images of Proxima Centauri
M. Libralato, L. Bedin, A. Burgasser
We present the first results of the Astrometric Reconnaissance of Exoplanetary Systems (ARES) project, aimed at validating and characterizing candidate exoplanets around the neares…
The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey. II. Survey membership tools and kinematic analysis of NGC 6749
L. Rosignoli, M. Libralato, R. Pascale +15
The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey has secured high quality astro photometric data in two bands for 34 clusters never observed with HST. When combined with Gaia positional…
Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters -- II. Kinematic structure of young and intermediate-age clusters
F. Niederhofer, L. Cullinane, D. Massari +14
In this paper, we explore the kinematic properties of a sample of 19 young (<1 Gyr) and intermediate-age (1-2.5 Gyr) massive star clusters within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).…
oMEGACat. VIII. A Subpopulation Census of ω Centauri
C. Clontz, A. C. Seth, Z. Wang +8
An understanding of the assembly history of the complex star cluster Omega Centauri has long been sought after, with many studies separating the stars on the color-magnitude diagra…
JWST imaging of omega Centauri: II. Evidence for a split white dwarf cooling sequence in the near-infrared
M. Scalco, M. Salaris, L. R. Bedin +11
We present a detailed analysis of the white dwarf cooling sequence (WD CS) in omega Centauri based on combined Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and JWST observations. Our analysis conf…
oMEGACat. VII. Tracing Interstellar and Intracluster Medium of Centauri using Sodium Absorptions
Z. Wang, A. C. Seth, M. Latour +14
We investigate the foreground interstellar medium along the line of sight and intracluster medium of Centauri ( Cen) by measuring the equivalent width of Na I D absorptions…
Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA) IV. Chrono-dynamics of seven old star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud and the peculiar origin of NGC 1841
F. Niederhofer, D. Massari, F. Aguado-Agelet +15
In this study, we report conclusive evidence for an ancient star cluster that has been accreted by the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). By leveraging observations from the Hubble Spac…
JWST imaging of omega Centauri -- I. Luminosity and mass functions of its main sequence populations
M. Scalco, R. Gerasimov, L. R. Bedin +10
This paper presents the first study of the most massive globular cluster (GC) in the Milky Way, omega Centauri, employing recently acquired JWST deep images. By combining these dat…
JWST Imaging of the Closest Globular Clusters -- VI. The Lowest-Mass Objects in M 4 and the Galactic Bulge
L. R. Bedin, R. Gerasimov, A. Calamida +8
We present `James Webb Space Telescope' observations of M4 -- the closest globular cluster -- that probe the lower Main Sequence down to the hydrogen-burning limit. The unveiled st…
The internal kinematics of NGC 2808 and its multiple populations
M. Griggio, A. Bellini, F. I. Aros +10
We use new HST observations coupled with archival data spanning a total temporal baseline of 17 years to study the internal kinematics of the multiple populations in the globular c…
A JWST project on 47 Tucanae: kinematics, energy equipartition and anisotropy of multiple populations
T. Ziliotto, A. P. Milone, G. Cordoni +17
Recent work with JWST has demonstrated its capability to identify and chemically characterize multiple populations in globular clusters down to the H-burning limit. In this study,…
The Missing Globular Cluster Survey. I. Survey overview and the first precise age estimate for ESO452-11 and 2MASS-GC01
D. Massari, M. Bellazzini, M. Libralato +17
We present the Missing Globular Cluster Survey (MGCS), a Treasury Program dedicated to the observation of all kinematically confirmed Milky Wa…
JWST Imaging of the Closest Globular Clusters -- V. The White Dwarfs Cooling Sequence of M4
L. R. Bedin, M. Libralato, M. Salaris +9
We combine infrared (IR) observations collected by the James Webb Space Telescope with optical deep images by the Hubble Space Telescope taken approximately 20 years earlier to com…
JWST photometry and astrometry of 47 Tucanae. Discontinuity in the stellar sequence at the star/brown dwarf transition
M. Scalco, R. Gerasimov, L. R. Bedin +10
Using JWST Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) images of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (or NGC 104), taken at two epochs just 7 months apart, we derived proper-motion membership down t…
oMEGACat V: Helium Enrichment in Centauri as a Function of Metallicity
C. Clontz, A. C. Seth, Z. Wang +12
Constraining the helium enhancement in stars is critical for understanding the formation mechanisms of multiple populations in star clusters. However, measuring helium variations f…
Energy equipartition in multiple-population globular clusters
A. R. Livernois, F. I. Aros, E. Vesperini +7
We present the results of Monte Carlo simulations aimed at exploring the evolution towards energy equipartition of first- (1G) and second-generation (2G) stars in multiple-populati…
oMEGACat IV: Constraining Ages of Omega Centauri sub-giant branch stars with HST and MUSE
C. Clontz, A. C. Seth, A. Dotter +13
We present age estimates for over 8100 sub-giant branch (SGB) stars in Omega Centauri ( Cen) to study its star formation history. Our large data set, which combines multi-wavele…
JWST imaging of the closest globular clusters -- IV. Chemistry, luminosity, and mass functions of the lowest-mass members in the NIRISS parallel fields
M. Libralato, R. Gerasimov, L. Bedin +9
We present observations of the two closest globular clusters, NGC 6121 and NGC 6397, taken with the NIRISS detector of JWST. The combination of our new JWST data with archival Hubb…