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PAL 13 SHARSIMON YULDUZ TO‘DASINING FOTOMETRIK TADQIQOTI

Palomar 13, photometry, globular clusters, filter, exposure time, stellar magnitude, coordinates, galactic halo

Authors

  • Dinora ATABAYEVA, Magistrant, O‘zbekiston Milliy universiteti, Toshkent, O‘zbekiston, Uzbekistan

This article is devoted to the multi-color photometric analysis of the globular cluster Palomar 13 based on observational data
obtained at the Maidanak Observatory. The object was observed during a three-day autumn campaign using four wide-band filters
(B, R, V, I) with seven distinct exposure times. To process the Pal 13 images, PSF (Point Spread Function) and aperture photometry
methods were implemented using the IRAF software package. Taking advantage of the superior astronomical climate at the
Maidanak Observatory, precise stellar magnitudes in the V, R, and I bands and spatial coordinates were determined, despite the
cluster's low surface brightness. The resulting color-magnitude relationships provided key insights into the photometric structure
of Pal 13. These findings are of significant importance for refining evolutionary models of the Galactic halo formation.