Palomar 5

Michael Odenkirchen

Eva Grebel

Connie Rockosi

Robert Lupton

Jim Gunn

Zeljko Ivezic

Jill Knapp

Michael Strauss

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University of Chicago,Fermilab,

Institute for Advanced Study,Japanese Participation Group,

Johns Hopkins University,Los Alamos National Laboratory,Max-Planck Institute (MPIA),Max-Planck Institute (MPA),New Mexico State University

University of PittsburgPrinceton University,

United States Naval Observatory,University of Washington

June 2002

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Palomar 5

The image maps the i-r-g filters to RGB.

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All the stellar objects detected in the Palomar 5 and eight neigh-

bouring fields (30×40 arcmin)

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All the stellar objects detected in the Palomar 5 field (10×13

arcmin)

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All the stellar objects detected in the Palomar 5 and eight neigh-

bouring fields (30×40 arcmin) (g < 22)

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All the stellar objects detected in the Palomar 5 field (10×13

arcmin) (g < 22)

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Colour-magnitude and two-colour

diagrams for Palomar 5, with stars

colour-coded according to their

type. The black dots in the two-

colour diagrams are field stars, indi-

cating the position of the field stel-

lar locus.

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Credit: Michael Odenkirchen and Eva Grebel

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orbit Pal 5

trailing tail

leading tail

Credit: Michael Odenkirchen and Eva Grebel

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Sun

Pal 5

Credit: Michael Odenkirchen and Eva Grebel

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