Description
The analysis of our deep UBVRIJHK photometry of Dolidze 25, located in the central area of the HII region Sh 2-284, reveals a young cluster with coeval MS and PMS populations of age 3.2-5Myr. The mass function for the optical PMS population in the mass range above 1.3-3.5M_{sun}_ is well fitted by a Salpeter mass function. On the other hand, the NIR photometry results indicate a large number of sources with H-Ks excess, practically distinct from the optical PMS candidate members. In addition, a distinctly older cluster member population of age 40Myr is suggested. The distance determined for the cluster from quantitative fits to ZAMS and isochrones (3.6kpc) is distinctly lower than previously published values. This result originates in the consistent use of low metallicity models for ZAMS fitting, applying published metallicity values for the cluster
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