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Catalog Service:
BVI CCD photometry of Berkeley 17
Short name: J/ApJ/483/826
IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/483/826
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.14830826
Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/483/826
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.		 Status: active
Registered: 1998 Mar 15 15:46:26Z
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Description


Faint magnitude BVI CCD photometry of the central region of the old open cluster Berkeley 17 (Be 17) has been undertaken to investigate the claim that it is the oldest open cluster yet discovered (Phelps, Janes, & Montgomery, 1994AJ....107.1079P). This study reveals Be 17 to have a metallicity -0.30<=[Fe/H]<=0.00; a reddening 0.52<=E(B-V)<=0.68 or 0.61<=E(V-I)<=0.71; a distance modulus, (m-M)_0_=12.15+/-0.10, corresponding to a distance of 2.7+/-0.1kpc; a diameter of ~10pc; a minimum mass of 400 Msun; and an age of 10-13Gyr. With an adopted age of 12(+1)(-2)Gyr, these results suggest that Be 17 is indeed the oldest open cluster yet discovered. The inferred old age for Be 17 indicates that the cluster is an important one for studies of the differences between open and globular clusters, the transition from the halo/thick disk to the thin disk of the Galaxy, and even for establishing the minimum age of the universe.

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About the Resource Providers

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

Creator: Phelps R.L.

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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: 1998 Mar 15 14:46:36Z
  • Created: 1998 Mar 15 15:46:26Z

This resource was registered on: 1998 Mar 15 15:46:26Z
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
  • CCD photometry
  • 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/ApJ/483/826 Literature Reference: 1997ApJ...483..826P

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Data Coverage Information

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Wavebands covered:

  • Optical
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Custom Service

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VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
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Custom Service

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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/ApJ/483/826
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

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