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We present a new identity card for the cluster NGC 6440 in the Galactic Bulge. We have used a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope images, wide-field ground-based observations performed with the ESO-FORS2, and the public survey catalog Pan-STARRS, to determine the gravitational center, projected density profile and structural parameters of this globular from resolved star counts. The new determination of the cluster center differs by ~ 2 (corresponding to 0.08 pc) from the previous estimate, which was based on the surface brightness peak. The star density profile, extending out to 700 from the center and suitably decontaminated from the Galactic field contribution, is best-fitted by a King model with significantly larger concentration ($c=1.86pm0.06$) and smaller core radius ($r_c=6.4pm0.3$) with respect to the literature values. By taking advantage of high-quality optical and near-infrared color-magnitude diagrams, we also estimated the cluster age, distance and reddening. The luminosity of the RGB-bump was also determined. This study indicates that the extinction coefficient in the bulge, in the direction of the cluster has a value ($R_V=2.7$) that is significantly smaller than that traditionally used for the Galaxy ($R_V=3.1$). The corresponding best-fit values of the age, distance and color excess of NGC 6440 are 13 Gyr, 8.3 kpc and $E(B-V)sim 1.27$, respectively. These new determinations also allowed us to update the values of the central ($t_{rc}=2.5 10^7$ yr) and half-mass ($t_{rh}=10^9$ yr) relaxation times, suggesting that NGC 6440 is in a dynamically evolved stage.
We used high-resolution optical HST/WFC3 and multi-conjugate adaptive optics assisted GEMINI GeMS/GSAOI observations in the near-infrared to investigate the physical properties of the globular cluster NGC 6569 in the Galactic bulge. We have obtained
Globular Clusters are among the oldest objects in the Galaxy, thus their researchers are key to understanding the processes of evolution and formation that the galaxy has experienced in early stages. Spectroscopic studies allow us to carry out detail
We used optical images acquired with the UVIS channel of the Wide Field Camera 3 on board of the Hubble Space Telescope to construct the first high-resolution extinction map in the direction of NGC 6440, a globular cluster located in the bulge of our
NGC 6522 is a moderately metal-poor bulge globular cluster ([Fe/H]$sim$$-$1.0), and it is a well-studied representative among a number of moderately metal-poor blue horizontal branch clusters located in the bulge. The NGC 6522 abundance pattern can g
We report the discovery of the second accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) in the globular cluster NGC 6440. Pulsations with a frequency of 205.89 Hz were detected with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer on August 30th, October 1st and October 28th