MAD@VLT: Deep into the Madding Crowd of Omega Centauri

Bibcode
2009svlt.conf...67B
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-9190-2_12
Bono, G.; Calamida, A.; Corsi, C. E.; Stetson, P. B.; Marchetti, E.; Amico, P.; Prada Moroni, P. G.; Ferraro, I.; Iannicola, G.; Monelli, M.; Buonanno, R.; Caputo, F.; Dall'Ora, M.; Degl'Innocenti, S.; D'Odorico, S.; Freyhammer, L. M.; Koester, D.; Nonino, M.; Piersimoni, A. M.; Pulone, L.; Romaniello, M.
Bibliographical reference

Science with the VLT in the ELT Era, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. ISBN 978-1-4020-9189-6. Springer Netherlands, 2009, p. 67

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2009
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21
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Description
We present deep and accurate Near-Infrared (NIR) photometry of the Galactic Globular Cluster (GC) ω Cen. Data were collected using the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) on VLT (ESO). The unprecedented quality of the images provided the opportunity to perform accurate photometry in the central crowded regions. Preliminary results indicate that the spread in age among the different stellar populations in ω Cen is limited.
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Non-refereed

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