Description
We wish to determine accurate ages for open clusters and use this, in conjunction with colour-magnitude diagrams, to constrain models of stellar structure and evolution. The detached eclipsing binary V20 in the old, metal-rich ([Fe/H]=+0.40) open cluster NGC6791 is studied in order to determine highly accurate masses and radii of its components. This allows the cluster age to be established with high precision, using isochrones in the mass-radius diagram. Methods. We employ high-resolution UVES spectroscopy of V20 to determine the spectroscopic orbit and time-series V, Ic photometry to obtain the photometric elements.
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