Globular Cluster Diameters, Integrated Magnitudes, Brightest Stars, and Horizontal Branch Levels version: 2010 Aug 27, coords added from http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2755 (much general work still needed) --- Bill Harris catalogue links as of June 2007: http://physwww.mcmaster.ca/%7Eharris/mwgc.dat http://physwww.mcmaster.ca/%7Eharris/mwgc.ref --- ESO 452-SC11, IC 1257 added --- AM-2 deleted (is old oc) --- Terzan 10 added --- UKS 2 is Hyades-age open cluster --- ESO 280-SC06 added [13Oct2000] --- coordinates completely (re)verified again Aug 2007 --- FSR 1767 omitted (not a cluster) Name RA (J2000) Dec Diameters(') Vt V B-V V(HB) remarks mu22 mu25 (tgb) (tgb) NGC 104 = 47 Tuc 0 24 05.7 -72 04 53 24 50 4.0 11.7 1.7 14.1 Mayall II (in M31) 0 32 46.5 +39 34 41 0.25 0.6 13.4 22.5: 25.3 NGC 288 0 52 45.2 -26 34 57 5.5 13 8.1: 12.6 1.8 15.3 NGC 362 1 03 14.3 -70 50 56 6.1 14 6.8 12.7 1.7 15.4 WHI B0200-03 2 02 56.7 -03 15 08 1.2? 14. ? 18. ? Fornax 1 2 37 01.8 -34 11 02 0.9 15.6 18.3 1.3 21.3 Fornax 2 2 38 44.2 -34 48 30 0.4 0.8 13.5 19.0 1.3 21.3 NGC 1049=Fornax 3 2 39 48.2 -34 15 29 0.4 1.3 12.6 18.4 1.2 21.3 Fornax 4 2 40 07.7 -34 32 11 0.3 0.8 13.6 18.6 1.2 21.4 http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0405 (RR Lyr mean V) Fornax 5 2 42 21.1 -34 06 06 0.3 1.0 13.4 18.6 1.3 21.3 NGC 1261 3 12 16.2 -55 12 58 3.2 6.8 8.3 13.5 1.7 16.8 Palomar 1 3 33 20.0 +79 34 52 2.8 13.6: 16.3 1.2: uncertain as globular AM-1 = E 1 3 55 02.0 -49 36 52 0.5 15.8: 18.2 1.5 20.9 Eridanus 4 24 44.5 -21 11 12 14.7: 17.6 1.5 20.4 Palomar 2 4 46 05.9 +31 22 53 2.2 13.0: 18.8: 21.7 NGC 1851 5 14 06.8 -40 02 48 4.5 12 7.1 13.2 1.7 16.1 NGC 1904 = M79 5 24 11.0 -24 31 29 3.8 9.6 7.7 13.1 1.6 16.2 NGC 2298 6 48 59.4 -36 00 19 2.2 5 : 9.3 13.4 1.3 16.2 NGC 2419 7 38 08 +38 52.9 1.6 4.6 10.5 17.3 1.4 20.2 Vt from 2007A&A...473..171B Koposov 2 7 58 17 +26 15.4 1. 21. : uncertain as globular Pyxis 9 07 57 -37 13.5 2 : 15.2 2.8 18.7 NGC 2808 9 12 03.1 -64 51 49 6.5 14 6.2 13.5 1.9 16.2 E 3 9 20 57.1 -77 16 55 11.4: 17.0: 1.1: Palomar 3 10 05 31 +00 04.3 1.6 13.9: 18.0 1.2 20.5 NGC 3201 10 17 36.8 -46 24 45 7.8 20 6.9 11.7 1.7 14.8 Palomar 4 11 29 16 +28 58.4 1.3 14.2: 18.0 1.4 20.8 Koposov 1 11 59 18 +12 15.6 1. 21. : uncertain as globular NGC 4147 12 10 06.3 +18 32 34 1.6 4.4 10.4 14.5 1.2 16.9 NGC 4372 12 25 47 -72 39.1 5 : 7.2 12.2 2.0 15.6 Ruprecht 106 12 38 40 -51 09.1 2 : 10.9: 14.8 1.6 17.8 NGC 4590 = M68 12 39 28.0 -26 44 39 4.3 11 7.3 12.6 1.3 15.6 NGC 4833 12 59 33.9 -70 52 35 8.4 12.4 1.7 15.6 NGC 5024 = M53 13 12 55.3 +18 10 05 5.1 13 7.7 13.8 1.6 16.9 NGC 5053 13 16 27.1 +17 42 01 10 9.0 13.8 1.5 16.7 NGC 5139=omega Cen 13 26 47.3 -47 28 46 29 55 3.9 11.5 1.7 14.5 NGC 5272 = M3 13 42 11.6 +28 22 38 7.4 18 6.3 12.7 1.7 15.6 NGC 5286 13 46 26.8 -51 22 27 5.1 11 7.4 13.5 1.8 16.5 AM-4 13 56 21 -27 09.9 15.9 20.5: 0.5 21.6 Bootes II 13 58.0 +12 51 globular? http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0395 NGC 5466 14 05 27.3 +28 32 04 3.0 9.0 9.2 13.8 1.3 16.6 NGC 5634 14 29 37 -05 58.6 1.8 5.5 9.5 14.5 1.4: 17.7 NGC 5694 14 39 36 -26 32.3 1.6 4.3 10.2 15.7 1.5 18.5: IC 4499 15 00 18 -82 12.8 2.2 8.0 10.1 14.6 1.6 17.7 NGC 5824 15 03 59 -33 04.1 2.5 7.4 9.1 15.5 1.6 18.5 Palomar 5 15 16 04 -00 06.7 3.2 11.8: 15.5 1.1 17.4 NGC 5897 15 17 24 -21 00.6 4.5 11 8.4 13.3 1.8 16.3 NGC 5904 = M5 15 18 33.2 +02 04 52 11 23 5.7 12.2 1.6 15.0 NGC 5927 15 28 00.7 -50 40 23 4.6 6 : 8.0 14.5 2.2 16.6 NGC 5946 15 35 29 -50 39.6 3 : 8.4 15.0: 2.1: 17.2 vdB-H 176 15 39 07 -50 03.0 17.5? 19.0 NGC 5986 15 46 03.0 -37 47 11 9.6 7.6 13.2 1.7 16.5 Palomar 14 16 10 59 +14 57.5 14.7: 17.6 1.3 20.0 Lynga 7 16 11 03.7 -55 19 04 3 : 15.7 2.5 17.4 NGC 6093 = M80 16 17 02.4 -22 58 34 4.5 10 7.3 12.5 1.8 16.2 NGC 6121 = M4 16 23 35.2 -26 31 33 15 36 5.4 10.8 1.8 13.4 NGC 6101 16 25 48.1 -72 12 08 3.0 5 : 9.2 13.5 1.8 16.6 NGC 6144 16 27 13.9 -26 01 25 3.7 9.0 13.4: 1.7: 16.5: NGC 6139 16 27 40 -38 50.9 2.7 8.2 9.1 15.0 1.5: 17.9 Terzan 3 16 28 40 -35 20.6 12.0: 15.0 2.2 17.3 NGC 6171 = M107 16 32 31.9 -13 03 14 4.2 13 7.8 13.0 1.9 15.6 ESO 452-SC11 16 39 25 -28 24.0 15.3: 16.6 NGC 6205 = M13 16 41 41.2 +36 27 36 10 20 5.8 11.9 1.6 15.0 NGC 6229 16 46 59 +47 31.6 2.0 4.5 9.4 15.5 1.5 18.0 NGC 6218 = M12 16 47 14.2 -01 56 55 7.4 16 6.1 12.0 1.7 14.7 FSR 1735 16 52 11 -47 03.5 probable globular NGC 6235 16 53 25 -22 10.7 2.2 5 : 8.9 14.0: 1.8 16.7 NGC 6254 = M10 16 57 09.1 -04 06 01 8.5 20 6.6 12.0 1.6 15.1 NGC 6256 16 59 33 -37 07.3 1.2 4.1 11.3: 16.0: 2.7: 18.2: Palomar 15 16 59 51 -00 32.3 14.2 17.1 1.8 19.9 NGC 6266 = M62 17 01 13 -30 06.8 7.2 15 6.4 13.5: 2.3: 16.3 NGC 6273 = M19 17 02 38 -26 16.0 7.0 17 6.8 14.0: 1.8: 16.5: NGC 6284 17 04 29 -24 45.9 3.1 8.9 14.5 2.0 16.6 NGC 6287 17 05 09 -22 42.4 2.4 9.3 14.5: 2.0: 17.1: NGC 6293 17 10 10 -26 34.9 4.1 8.3 14.3 1.4 16.5: NGC 6304 17 14 32.3 -29 27 43 4.3 8 : 8.3 14.5: 2.2: 16.2 NGC 6316 17 16 37 -28 08.4 2.7 8.1 15.7: 2.3: 17.8 NGC 6341 = M92 17 17 07.4 +43 08 09 7.0 14 6.5 12.1 1.3 15.2 NGC 6325 17 17 59 -23 46.0 1.6 4.1 10.2 15.5: 2.5: 17.3: NGC 6333 = M9 17 19 12 -18 31.0 4.5 12 7.8 13.5 1.7 16.2: NGC 6342 17 21 10 -19 35.3 2.2 9.5 15.0: 2.3: 16.9 NGC 6356 17 23 35 -17 48.8 3.9 10 8.2 15.5 2.2 17.7 NGC 6355 17 23 58 -26 21.2 2.1 8.6 14.7: 2.5: 17.7 NGC 6352 17 25 29.1 -48 25 20 9 : 7.8 13.4: 1.7 15.2 IC 1257 17 27 08 -07 05.6 5 : 13.1 17.5: 1.8: 19.8 Terzan 2 17 27 33 -30 48.1 0.6 14.3: 19.8: NGC 6366 17 27 44.2 -05 04 48 3.6 13 9.5: 13.6 2.2 15.7 Terzan 4 17 30 39 -31 35.8 16.0: 21.6? Haute-Provence 1 17 31 05 -29 59.0 0.4: 1.2 12.5: 16.0 18.6 NGC 6362 17 31 55.0 -67 02 54 5.6 15 : 8.1 12.7 1.7 15.3 Liller 1 17 33 24 -33 23.4 0.3? 15.8: 20.5: 24.4: NGC 6380 = Ton 1 17 34 28 -39 04.2 1.8 11.5: 17.0: 3.3: 19.5: FSR 1767 17 35 43 -36 21.5 2 : uncertain as globular Terzan 1 17 35 47 -30 28.9 15.9: 18.5: 21.4 Ton 2 = Pismis 26 17 36 11 -38 33.2 12.2 18.2 NGC 6388 17 36 17.2 -44 44 08 5.2 6.8 14.8 2.3 16.9 NGC 6402 = M14 17 37 36 -03 14.8 5.5 11 7.6 14.0 2.3 17.2 NGC 6401 17 38 37 -23 54.6 2.4 7.4 15.5: 2.5: 18.0 NGC 6397 17 40 42.1 -53 40 28 12 31 5.3 10.0 1.5 12.9 Palomar 6 17 43 42 -26 13.5 0.6 11.6: 19.1 NGC 6426 17 44 54 +03 10.2 1.0 4.2 10.9 15.2 1.8 18.1 Djorgovski 1 17 47 29 -33 04.0 0.8? 13.6: Terzan 5 17 48 05 -24 46.7 0.4 2.4 13.9: 20.5: 22.5: NGC 6440 17 48 53 -20 21.6 2.2 9.3 16.7: 3.0: 18.7 NGC 6441 17 50 13.1 -37 03 05 4.8 7.2 15.8: 2.5: 17.5 Terzan 6 17 50 47 -31 16.5 0.2 1.4 13.9: 20.5: 2.5: 22.3: NGC 6453 17 50 52 -34 35.9 3.8 10.2 14.5: 2.3: 17.5: UKS 1 17 54 27 -24 08.7 0.6? 17.3: 22 ? 25.5 NGC 6496 17 59 03.7 -44 15 57 2.8 8.6 14.3 1.8 16.5 Goldsbury coords corrected Terzan 9 18 01 39 -26 50.4 0.2 17.2: 20.3: ESO 456-SC38 18 01 49 -27 49.5 0.9: 15.5: 17.5: NGC 6517 18 01 51 -08 57.5 1.5 4.0 10.1 16.5: 2.8: 19.2: Terzan 10 18 02 58 -26 04.0 0.8? 19.7: 22 : NGC 6522 18 03 35 -30 02.1 4.7 9.9 14.1: 2.1 16.5: NGC 6535 18 03 50.5 -00 17 52 0.8 3.4 9.3 12.8 1.9 15.8 NGC 6528 18 04 49 -30 03.4 2.5 9.6 15.5: 2.0: 16.7 NGC 6539 18 04 50 -07 35.2 2.1 7.9 8.9 15.9 3.0: 18.3: NGC 6540 18 06 09 -27 45.9 10.4: 15 ? 2.2: 16.7? ASAS-3 V mag estimate (3 pxl radius) NGC 6544 18 07 20 -24 59.9 4.6 7.5: 12.8: 2.1: 14.9 NGC 6541 18 08 02.4 -43 42 54 15 6.3 12.1 1.8 15.3 [HJK2000] GC01 18 08 22 -19 49.7 possible globular ESO 280-SC06 18 09 07 -46 25.3 1.4 14.0 17.4 NGC 6553 18 09 18 -25 54.5 4.6 8.3 15.3 2.4 16.9 [HJK2000] GC02 18 09 36 -20 46.7 possible globular NGC 6558 18 10 18 -31 45.8 8.6 16.7 IC 1276 = Pal 7 18 10 45 -07 12.6 1.3 8.0 10.3: 15.7 2.4 17.7 Terzan 11 18 12 15 -22 44.5 16.4: 18.5? 20.5: = Terzan 12 NGC 6569 18 13 39 -31 49.6 3.2 8.4 14.9 2.1 17.5 AL 3 = vdB-H 261 18 14 06 -28 38.2 11. 15.7: uncertain as globular NGC 6584 18 18 37.6 -52 12 57 3.3: 7.9 13.5 1.7 16.5 NGC 6624 18 23 40.5 -30 21 40 4.4 7.6 14.0 2.0 16.1 NGC 6626 = M28 18 24 33 -24 52.2 6.9 6.9 12.0 1.5 15.7 NGC 6638 18 30 56 -25 29.8 2.6 7.3 9.2 14.2: 2.1: 16.7: NGC 6637 = M69 18 31 23.1 -32 20 53 4.9 7.7 13.7 1.8 15.9 NGC 6642 18 31 54 -23 28.5 2.9 8.9 14.5: 1.8: 16.3 NGC 6652 18 35 45.6 -32 59 27 2.7 6.0 8.5 13.3 1.9 16.0 NGC 6656 = M22 18 36 23.9 -23 54 17 16 5.2 10.7 2.0 14.2 Palomar 8 18 41 30 -19 49.6 2.6 10.9 15.4 17.3 NGC 6681 = M70 18 43 12.8 -32 17 32 4.0 7.8 13.0: 1.7: 15.6 IRAS 18462-0133 18 48 50 -01 29.8 2. : GLIPMSE 1 NGC 6712 18 53 04 -08 42.3 4.9: 8.1 13.3 2.0 16.3 NGC 6715 = M54 18 55 03.3 -30 28 48 3.7 12 7.7 15.2 1.3: 18.2 NGC 6717 = Pal 9 18 55 06.0 -22 42 05 2.7 8.4 15.0: 1.3: 15.6 NGC 6723 18 59 33.2 -36 37 56 6.4 13 6.8 12.8 1.6 15.5 NGC 6749 19 05 15 +01 54.1 4 : 12.4: 16.5 19.7 NGC 6752 19 10 52.1 -59 59 04 12 29 5.3 10.5 1.9 13.8 NGC 6760 19 11 12 +01 01.9 3.1 9.6 9.0 15.6 2.7: 17.5: NGC 6779 = M56 19 16 35.6 +30 11 01 4.4 8.4 13.2 1.8: 16.3 Terzan 7 19 17 43.9 -34 39 28 0.3 2.6 12.0 15.0 1.6 17.8 Palomar 10 19 18 02 +18 34.4 4 : 13.2 18 ? 19.4 Arp 2 19 28 44.1 -30 21 20 2.3 13.0: 15.5 1.4 18.2 NGC 6809 = M55 19 39 59.7 -30 57 53 9.4 19 6.3 11.2 1.5 14.4 Terzan 8 19 41 44.4 -33 59 58 12.4: 15.0 1.5 18.0 Palomar 11 19 45 14 -08 00.4 5.0 9.8? 15.5: 17.4 NGC 6838 = M71 19 53 46.5 +18 46 45 8.4 12.1 1.9 14.5 NGC 6864 = M75 20 06 05 -21 55.3 3.2 6.8 8.6 15.0 1.9 17.8 NGC 6934 20 34 11.4 +07 24 16 3.0 7.1 8.9 13.8 1.7 17.1 NGC 6981 = M72 20 53 27.7 -12 32 14 2.9 6.6 9.2 14.2 1.7 16.9 NGC 7006 21 01 29 +16 11.2 1.4 3.6 10.6 15.6 1.7 18.8 NGC 7078 = M15 21 29 58.3 +12 10 01 7.7 18 6.3 12.6 1.4 15.9 NGC 7089 = M2 21 33 27.0 -00 49 24 7.3 16 6.6 13.1 1.6 16.1 NGC 7099 = M30 21 40 22.1 -23 10 48 5.3 12 6.9 12.1 1.5 15.1 Palomar 12 21 46 38.8 -21 15 09 2.9 11.7: 14.6 1.6 17.1 Palomar 13 23 06 44 +12 46.3 1.5 13.5: 17.0: 0.9: 17.7 NGC 7492 23 08 26 -15 36.5 0.3 4.2 11.2: 15.5: 1.3: 17.6 Notes Mayall II precise center: 0 32 46.54 +39 34 40.7 (2MASS, uncertainty ~0".1). NGC 288 Harris position (0 52 47.5 -26 35 24) somewhat in error. Fornax 2 GSC 7014-0638. NGC 1049 GSC 7014-0449 = UCAC2 17181504. Fornax 4 GSC 7014-0907 = UCAC2 16958490. Fornax 5 GSC 7014-0939 = UCAC2 17181569. Palomar 1 VII Zw 7; possibly an old open cluster (1998AJ....115..648R). Palomar 2 MCG +05-12-01 = GSC 2374-0509. NGC 1851 HD 34243 = IRAS F05124-4006. NGC 1904 HD 35512. NGC 2298 GCRV 4442. NGC 2419 GCRV 5081 = GSC 2958-0034. E 3 Harris position (9 20 59.3 -77 16 57) not well centered. NGC 4147 GSC 1442-0129. NGC 4372 Harris position (12 25 45.4 -72 39 33) not well centered. AM-4 Harris position (13 55 50.1 -27 10 22) has -30s RA error. vdB-H 176 possibly an old open cluster (2003AJ....126..265P) Palomar 14 Harris position (16 11 04.9 +14 57 29) has +6s RA error. Terzan 3 Harris position (16 28 40.1 -35 21 13) has -0'.6 Dec error. NGC 6256 GSC 7372-0792. Palomar 15 Harris position (17 00 02.4 -00 32 31) has +11s RA error. IC 1257 GSC 5079-0033. Terzan 1 Harris position (17 35 47.8 -30 28 11) has +0'.7 Dec error. NGC 6541 Harris position (8 08 02.2 -43 30 00) has +13' Dec error. Palomar 13 data (including diameter) mainly from Cote' et al, 2002 AJ in press. Barbara Wilson's list: http://home.ix.netcom.com/~bwilson2/barbarasweb/ListofGClusters.htm For amastro readers interested reading current discovery literature, SEDS (Fromm ert August 2007) has these two tables, the second one listing 158 globulars in order of discovery, with links on each. Whether or not they all turn out to be actual globulars, the links are valuable to the latest papers on each discovery. http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/MWGC/mwgc.html#harris http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/MWGC/Add/gc_dis.html 18:08.4 -19:50 Sgr 2MASS-GC01, Hurt 1 2000 ) 18:09.6 -20:47 Sgr 2MASS-GC02, Hurt 2 2000 18:09.1 -46:25 Ara ESO 280-SC06 2000 Ortolani/Bica/Barbuy 02:02.9 -03:15 Cet Whiting 1 2002 Whiting; 2005 Carraro 18:48.8 -01:30 Aql GLIMPSE-C01 2004 Kubolnicky et.al. (SST) 10:07.1 +12:48 Leo Segue 1 2006 Belokurov et.al. (SDSS) 16:52.2 -47:03 Ara FSR 1735, 2MASS-GC03 2006 Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery; 2007 Froebrich/Meuseler/Scholz (2MASS) 11:59.3 +12:16 Vir Koposov 1 2007 Koposov et.al. (SDSS) 07:58.3 +26:15 Gem Koposov 2 2007 Koposov et.al. (SDSS) 17:35.7 -36:21 Sco FSR 1767, 2MASS-GC04 2006 Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery; 2007 Bonatto/Bica/Ortolani/Barbuy (2MASS) Candidates: 10:04.6 -55:51 Vel Schuster 1 10:49.4 +51:03 UMa Willman 1 2004 Willman; GC or dSph? 12:13.0 -42:42 Cru Alessi J12130-6242 17:58.7 -05:04 Oph PWM78 2