Description
We present deep wide-field optical CCD photometry and mid-infrared Spitzer/IRAC and MIPS 24{mu}m data for about 100000 stars in the young open cluster IC 1805. The members of IC 1805 were selected from their location in the various color-color and color-magnitude diagrams, and the presence of H{alpha} emission, mid-infrared excess emission, and X-ray emission. The reddening law toward IC 1805 is nearly normal (R_V_=3.05+/-0.06). However, the distance modulus of the cluster is estimated to be 11.9+/-0.2mag (d=2.4+/-0.2kpc) from the reddening-free color-magnitude diagrams, which is larger than the distance to the nearby massive star-forming region W3(OH) measured from the radio VLBA astrometry. We also determined the age of IC 1805 ({tau}_MSTO_=3.5Myr). In addition, we critically compared the age and mass scale from two pre-main-sequence evolution models. The initial mass function with a Salpeter-type slope of {Gamma}=-1.3+/-0.2 was obtained and the total mass of IC 1805 was estimated to be about 2700+/-200M_{sun}_. Finally, we found our distance determination to be statistically consistent with the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution Data Release 1, within the errors. The proper motion of the B-type stars shows an elongated distribution along the Galactic plane, which could be explained by some of the B-type stars being formed in small clouds dispersed by previous episodes of star formation or supernova explosions.
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