- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/513/A75
- Title:
- Polarimetry of stars in NGC 5617
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/513/A75
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present polarimetric observations in the UBVRI bands of 72 stars located in the direction of the medium age open cluster NGC 5617. Our intention is to use polarimetry as a tool in membership identification, by building on previous investigations intended mainly to determine the cluster's general characteristics rather than provide membership suitable for studies such as stellar content and metallicity, as well as study the characteristics of the dust lying between the Sun and the cluster.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/256
- Title:
- Polarization of 125 stars in NGC 1817 open cluster
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/160/256
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Multiband linear polarimetric observations of 125 stars in the region of the cluster NGC1817 have been carried out intending to study properties of interstellar dust and grains in that direction. The polarization is found to be wavelength-dependent, being maximum in the V-band with an average value of 0.95%. The foreground interstellar dust grains appear to be the main source of linear polarization of starlight toward the direction of NGC1817. The average value of the position angle in the V-band of 119.2{deg} is found to be less than the direction of the Galactic parallel in the region, indicating that the dust grains in the direction are probably not yet relaxed. Spatial distribution of dust appears to be more diverse in the coronal region than the core region of the cluster. The maximum value of the degree of polarization is estimated to be 0.93% for members of the cluster using the Serkowski relation. The average value of wavelength corresponding to the maximum polarization of 0.54{+/-}0.02{mu}m indicates that the size distribution of dust grains in the line of sight is similar to that of the general interstellar medium. Several variable stars in the cluster were also observed polarimetrically and pulsating variables appear to have a slightly lower value of polarization from other nonvariable member stars of the cluster. There are indications of the existence of dust layers in front of those clusters which are located close to galactic plane while for clusters located away from galactic plane no major dust layers are observed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/403/1577
- Title:
- Polarization towards open cluster NGC 6823
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/403/1577
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present multiwavelength linear polarimetric observations of 104 stars towards the region of young open cluster NGC 6823. The polarization towards NGC 6823 is dominated by foreground dust grains and we found evidence for the presence of several layers of dust towards the line of sight. The first layer of dust is approximately located within 200pc towards the cluster, which is much closer to the Sun than the cluster itself (~2.1kpc). The radial distribution of the position angles for the member stars is found to show a systematic change, while the polarization is found to reduce towards the outer parts of the cluster and the average position angle of the coronal region of the cluster is very close to the inclination of the Galactic parallel (~32{deg}). The size distribution of the grains within NGC 6823 is similar to those in the general interstellar medium. The patchy distribution of foreground dust grains is suggested to be mainly responsible for both differential reddening and polarization towards NGC 6823. The majority of the observed stars do not show evidence of intrinsic polarization in their light.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A1
- Title:
- Portrait Galactic disc
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/640/A1
- Date:
- 28 Feb 2022 08:13:18
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The large astrometric and photometric survey performed by the Gaia mission allows for a panoptic view of the Galactic disc and in its stellar cluster population. Hundreds of clusters were only discovered after the latest Gaia data release (DR2) and have yet to be characterised. Here we make use of the deep and homogeneous Gaia photometry down to G=18 to estimate the distance, age, and interstellar reddening for about 2000 clusters identified with Gaia DR2 astrometry. We use these objects to study the structure and evolution of the Galactic disc. We rely on a set of objects with well-determined parameters in the literature to train an artificial neural network to estimate parameters from the Gaia photometry of cluster members and their mean parallax. We obtain reliable parameters for 1867 clusters. Our new homogeneous catalogue confirms the relative lack of old clusters in the inner disc (with a few notable exceptions). We also quantify and discuss the variation of scale height with cluster age, and detect the Galactic warp in the distribution of old clusters. This work results in a large and homogenous cluster catalogue. However, the present sample is still unable to trace the Outer spiral arm of the Milky Way, which indicates that the outer disc cluster census might still be incomplete.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/491/951
- Title:
- Positions and cross-references in Coma Ber
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/491/951
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Although several attempts were made to identify solar-type members on the main sequence of the nearby open cluster Coma Berenices (Mel 111), the population of the lower main sequence is still poorly known. We observed 46 new candidates to search for new members and monitored known spectroscopic-binary members to determine orbital parameters. We obtained a total of 903 radial-velocity measurements of 69 solar-type stars in the field of Mel 111 with the CORAVEL spectrovelocimeter over 20 years. Among the 35 stars from Trumpler's list, 23 are members according to their radial velocities and photometry. We were able to confirm the membership of only 8 stars among the 46 candidates observed. Six double-lined and ten single-lined spectroscopic binaries were discovered. Six only are members and an orbit was determined for them and for 4 double-lined non-members. The binary frequency is 22% (7/32). The cluster mean radial velocity is +0.01+/-0.08km/s based on 28 members. The lower main sequence of the Coma Berenices open cluster is still rather poorly populated. The cluster size may be much larger that usually accepted. Accordingly extensive programmes of precise proper motions, radial velocities and photometry should be undertaken to identify faint cluster members outside the cluster central area. If a significant population of faint members cannot be identified, Coma Ber could be a prominent example of dynamical evolution leading to star evaporation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/90
- Title:
- Positions of 502 Stars in Pleiades Region
- Short Name:
- I/90
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog contains the positions (equinox B1900.0 and epoch B1955.0) of 502 stars in a region of about 1.5 degrees square in the Pleiades cluster, centered on Eta Tau. These coordinates have been derived from measurements of stellar images obtained with 65 exposures of various durations on 14 photographic plates with two telescopes at McCormick Observatory and Van Vleck Observatory. The plates were reduced by the plate overlap method, which resulted in a high degree of systematic accuracy in the final positions. Data in the machine version include Hertzsprung number, color index, photovisual magnitude, right ascension and declination and their standard errors, proper motion, and differences between the present position and previous works. Data for exposures, plates, and images measured, present in the published catalog, are not included in the machine version.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/442/2081
- Title:
- Praesepe members light curves
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/442/2081
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- By using the dense coverage of the extrasolar planet survey project HATNet (Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network), we Fourier analyse 381 high-probability members of the nearby open cluster Praesepe (Beehive/M44/NGC 2632). In addition to the detection of 10 variables (of delta Scuti and other types), we identify 180 rotational variables (including the two known planet hosts). This sample increases the number of known rotational variables in this cluster for spectral classes earlier than M by more than a factor of 3. These stars closely follow a colour/magnitude - period relation from early F to late K stars. We approximate this relation by polynomials for an easier reference to the rotational characteristics in different colours. The total (peak-to-peak) amplitudes of the large majority (94%) of these variables span the range of 0.005-0.04mag. The periods cover a range from 2.5 to 15d. These data strongly confirm that Praesepe and the Hyades have the same gyrochronological ages. Regarding the two planet hosts, Pr0211 (the one with the shorter orbital period) has a rotational period that is ~2d shorter than the one expected from the main rotational pattern in this cluster. This, together with other examples discussed in the paper, may hint that star-planet interaction via tidal dissipation can be significant in some cases in the rotational evolution of stars hosting hot Jupiters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/842/83
- Title:
- Praesepe members rotational periods from K2 LCs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/842/83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze K2 light curves for 794 low-mass (1>~M_*_>~0.1M_{sun}_) members of the ~650Myr old open cluster Praesepe and measure rotation periods (P_rot_) for 677 of these stars. We find that half of the rapidly rotating >~0.3M_{sun}_ stars are confirmed or candidate binary systems. The remaining >~0.3M_{sun}_ fast rotators have not been searched for companions, and are therefore not confirmed single stars. We previously found that nearly all rapidly rotating 0.3M_{sun}_ stars in the Hyades are binaries, but we require deeper binary searches in Praesepe to confirm whether binaries in these two co-eval clusters have different P_rot_ distributions. We also compare the observed P_rot_ distribution in Praesepe to that predicted by models of angular-momentum evolution. We do not observe the clear bimodal P_rot_ distribution predicted by Brown (2014ApJ...789..101B) for >0.5M_{sun}_ stars at the age of Praesepe, but 0.25-0.5M_{sun}_ stars do show stronger bimodality. In addition, we find that >60% of early M dwarfs in Praesepe rotate more slowly than predicted at 650Myr by Matt+ (2015ApJ...799L..23M), which suggests an increase in braking efficiency for these stars relative to solar-type stars and fully convective stars. The incompleteness of surveys for binaries in open clusters likely impacts our comparison with these models since the models only attempt to describe the evolution of isolated single stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/839/92
- Title:
- Praesepe members with K2 light curve data
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/839/92
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have Fourier-analyzed 941 K2 light curves (LCs) of likely members of Praesepe, measuring periods for 86% and increasing the number of rotation periods (P) by nearly a factor of four. The distribution of P versus (V-Ks), a mass proxy, has three different regimes: (V-Ks)<1.3, where the rotation rate rapidly slows as mass decreases; 1.3<(V-Ks)<4.5, where the rotation rate slows more gradually as mass decreases; and (V-Ks)>4.5, where the rotation rate rapidly increases as mass decreases. In this last regime, there is a bimodal distribution of periods, with few between ~2 and ~10 days. We interpret this to mean that once M stars start to slow down, they do so rapidly. The K2 period-color distribution in Praesepe (~790Myr) is much different than that in the Pleiades (~125Myr) for late F, G, K, and early-M stars; the overall distribution moves to longer periods and is better described by two line segments. For mid-M stars, the relationship has a similarly broad scatter and is steeper in Praesepe. The diversity of LCs and of periodogram types is similar in the two clusters; about a quarter of the periodic stars in both clusters have multiple significant periods. Multi- periodic stars dominate among the higher masses, starting at a bluer color in Praesepe ((V-Ks)~1.5) than in the Pleiades ((V-Ks)~2.6). In Praesepe, there are relatively more LCs that have two widely separated periods, {Delta}P>6days. Some of these could be examples of M star binaries where one star has spun down but the other has not.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/109/1379
- Title:
- Praesepe & M 67 spectral standards
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/109/1379
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a grid of stellar classification spectra of moderate resolution (R~1500) in the range lambda lambda 5600-9000A, compiled from high signal-to-noise spectra of 275 stars, most in the open clusters Praesepe and M 67. The grid covers dwarfs from types B8 through M5, giants from G8 through M7, and subgiants from F5 through K0. We catalog atomic and molecular absorption features useful for stellar classification, and demonstrate the use of luminosity-sensitive features to distinguish between late-type dwarf and giant stars.
