GEMINI/GeMS Observations of GCs in the Galactic Bulge
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Bulge globular clusters are key tools to constrain the properties of the bulge, as they share kinematics, spatial distribution and composition with bulge field stars. However, these systems have been widely excluded from large surveys due to observational limitations, and remained poorly studied so far. By exploiting the superb capabilities of the near-infrared GSAOI camera in tandem with the MCAO system GeMS at the Gemini South Telescope, we started an observational campaign aimed at characterizing the stellar content and the structural properties of a sample of GCs orbiting the innermost part of the MW bulge. In this talk I will give an overview of the results recently achieved in this field, from the low-reddening NGC 6624 to the highly obscured Liller 1, passing through the moderately-reddened NGC 6569. This approach promises to open a new line of investigation for all of those systems in the Galaxy for which optical observations are almost totally useless.
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