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Catalog Service:
UBV(I)c photometry of NGC 6996

Short name: J/A+A/419/149
IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/419/149
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.34190149
Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/419/149
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Status: active
Registered: 2004 Jun 27 21:44:53Z
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Description


We present and discuss broad band CCD UBV(I)c photometry and low resolution spectroscopy for stars in the region of the open cluster NGC 6996, located in the North America Nebula. The new data allow us to tightly constrain the basic properties of this object. We revise the cluster size, which in the past has been significantly underestimated. The width of the Main Sequence is mainly interpreted in terms of differential reddening, and indeed the stars' color excess E(B-V) ranges from 0.43 to 0.65, implying the presence of a significant and evenly distributed dust component. We cross-correlate our optical photometry with near infrared photometry from 2MASS, and by means of spectral classification we are able to build extinction curves for an handful of bright members. We find that the reddening slope and the total to selective absorption ratio Rv toward NGC 6996 are anomalous. Moreover the reddening-corrected colors and magnitudes allow us to derive estimates for the cluster distance and age, which turn out to be 760+/-70pc (V0-MV=9.4+/-0.2) and ~350Myr, respectively. Based on our results, we suggest that NGC 6996 is located in front of the North America Nebula, and does not seem to have any apparent relationship with it.

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About the Resource Providers

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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

Creators:
Villanova S.Baume G.Carraro G.Geminale A.

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Status of This Resource

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Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.
  • This service provides only public data.
Relevant dates for this Resource:
  • Updated: 2004 Jun 27 21:46:01Z
  • Created: 2004 Jun 27 21:44:53Z

This resource was registered on: 2004 Jun 27 21:44:53Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

What This Resource is About

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Resource Class: CatalogService
This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.
Resource type keywords:
  • Catalog
Subject keywords:
  • Open star clusters
  • Photometry
  • Optical astronomy
  • Wide-band photometry
  • Infrared photometry
Intended audience or use:
  • Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/419/149 Literature Reference: 2004A&A...419..149V

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TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID]
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II/246 : 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003) ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/246 [Res. ID]

Data Coverage Information

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Wavebands covered:

  • Optical
  • Infrared

Rights and Usage Information

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Available Service Interfaces

Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
  • URL-based interface: http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/419/149
Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table J/A+A/419/149/table2 (Photometric catalogue of the NGC 6996 region)
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/419/149/table2?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.


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