Description
CCD observations in B, V and I passbands have been used to generate deep V, (B-V) and V, (V-I) colour-magnitude diagrams for the open cluster NGC 7510. The sample consists of 592 stars reaching down to V=21mag. There appears to be non- uniform extinction over the face of the cluster with the value of colour excess, E(B-V), ranging from 1.0 to 1.3mag. The law of interstellar extinction in the direction of the cluster is found to be normal. A broad main sequence is clearly visible in both colour-magnitude diagrams. From the bluest part of the colour-magnitude diagrams, the true distance modulus to the cluster has been estimated as 12.5+/-0.3mag and an upper limit of 10 Myr has been assigned for the cluster age.
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