- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/139
- Title:
- UBVRI CCD photometry of open clusters. II. NGC 6866
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have developed a maximum-likelihood procedure to fit theoretical isochrones to the observed cluster color-magnitude diagrams of NGC6866, an open cluster in the Kepler spacecraft field of view. The Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm permits exploration of the entire parameter space of a set of isochrones to find both the best solution and the statistical uncertainties. For clusters in the age range of NGC6866 with few, if any, red giant members, a purely photometric determination of the cluster properties is not well-constrained. Nevertheless, based on our UBVRI photometry alone, we have derived the distance, reddening, age, and metallicity of the cluster and established estimates for the binary nature and membership probability of individual stars. We derive the following values for the cluster properties: (m-M)_V_=10.98+/-0.24, E(B-V)=0.16+/-0.04 (so the distance=1250pc), age=705+/-170Myr, and Z=0.014+/-0.005.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/7
- Title:
- UBVRI CCD photometry of the open cluster NGC 6811
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NGC 6811 is one of the four open clusters located in the Kepler spacecraft field of view. We obtained UBVRI photometry of the cluster on six nights (four of them photometric) with the 1.08m Hall and 1.83m Perkins telescopes at Lowell Observatory. The mean photometric precision ranges from better than 0.01mag in the V, B-V, V-R, and V-I indices among stars brighter than magnitude 15 to about 0.05mag for U-B at magnitude 18. We followed a Bayesian statistical approach using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm to determine the cluster reddening, distance, age, and iron content from a maximum-likelihood fit to stellar isochrones. Using the Yale-Yonsei isochrones, we derived E(B-V)=0.066+/-0.025, (m-M)_V_=10.13+/-0.19, age=1.06+/-0.19Gyr, and Z=0.012+/-0.004 ([Fe/H]=-0.18); with the Padova isochrones, we found E(B-V)=0.081+/-0.015, (m-M)_V_=10.31+/-0.11, age=0.94+/-0.08Gyr, and Z=0.012+/-0.002 ([Fe/H]=-0.20). The uncertainties include possible errors in the photometric zero points of +/-0.01mag, but do not include uncertainties in the models. Taking into account the differences between the two sets of models, we find the best estimate for the cluster parameters to be E(B-V)=0.074+/-0.024, (m-M)_V_=10.22+/-0.18, age=1.00+/-0.17Gyr, and Z=0.012+/-0.004 ([Fe/H]=-0.19).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/276/33
- Title:
- UBVRI CCD sequences for wide-field surveys. I.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/276/33
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results of a campaign to secure deep UBVRI CCD photometric calibration in all UK Schmidt equatorial fields with galactic latitudes |b|<~50{deg}. In this paper we provide information on deep BVRI sequences (B<22mag) in 14 UK Schmidt survey fields centred at declination=0{deg}. Deep U sequences have been obtained for 11 of these fields.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/149/146
- Title:
- UBV(RI)c differential light curves of HR Boo
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/149/146
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- HR Bootis is a neglected binary that is found to be a solar-type (G2V) extreme mass ratio binary (EMRB). It was discovered by Hanley & Shapley in 1940. Surprisingly, little has been published in the intervening years. In 1999 it was characterized by a 0.31587day orbital period. Since that time it has been observed by various observers who have determined ~20 timings of minimum light over the past ~15000 orbits. Our observations in 2012 represent the first precision curves in the BVR_c_I_c_Johnson-Cousins wavelength bands. The light curves have rather low amplitudes, averaging some 0.5 magnitudes, yet they exhibit total eclipses, which is typical of the rare group of solar-type EMRBs. An improved linear ephemeris was computed along with a quadratic ephemeris showing a decaying orbit, which indicates magnetic breaking may be occurring. The light curve solution reveals that HR Boo is a contact system with a somewhat low 21% Roche-lobe fill-out but a mass ratio of q=4.09 (0.2444), which defines it as an EMRB. Two spots, both hot, were allowed to iterate to fit the light curve asymmetries. Their radii are 32{deg} and 16{deg}. Both are high-latitude polar spots indicative of strong magnetic activity. The shallow contact yet nearly equal component temperatures makes it an unusual addition to this group.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/493/959
- Title:
- UBV(RI)cHalpha photometry in omega Cen
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/493/959
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- omega Centauri is the most well studied Galactic Globular Cluster because of its numerous puzzling features: significant dispersion in metallicity, multiple populations, triple main-sequence, horizontal branch morphology, He-rich population(s), and extended star-formation history. Intensive spectroscopic follow-up observing campaigns targeting stars at different positions in the color-magnitude diagram promises to clarify some of these peculiarities. To be able to target cluster members reliably during spectroscopic surveys and both spatial and radial distributions in the cluster outskirts without including field stars, a high quality proper-motion catalog of omega Cen and membership probability determination are required. The only available wide field proper-motion catalog of omega Cen is derived from photographic plates, and only for stars brighter than B~16. Using ESO archive data, we create a new, CCD-based, proper-motion catalog for this cluster, extending to B~20. We used high precision astrometric software developed specifically for data acquired by WFI@2.2m telescope and presented in the first paper of this series.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/320/185
- Title:
- UBVRIcJHKL photometry in Lup
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/320/185
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In a recent study, some 130 new weak-line T Tauri stars (WTTS) have been discovered in the Lupus star forming region (SFR). Some of these stars are seen projected onto regions of high obscuration, while others are located far from the Lupus dark clouds. In this paper we present photometric observations of a large sample of these WTTS. We estimate effective temperatures and luminosities for the stars observed, and derive masses and ages by comparison with theoretical evolutionary tracks. The photometric observations were performed at the ESO 1 m-Telescope during two observing runs in 1993 (March 10-12) and 1994 (May 1-6) at ESO, La Silla. The typical standard deviations are 0.01mag in V, 0.02mag in B-V, 0.04mag in U-B, 0.01 in V-R and V-I. For a description of the UBV, (RI)c and JHKL photometric systems, see e.g. <GCPD/01>, <GCPD/54> and <GCPD/09>
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/367/1441
- Title:
- UBV(RI)cJHK photometry of NGC 2401
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/367/1441
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Based on a deep optical CCD (UBV(RI)_C) photometric survey and on the Two-Micron All-Sky-Survey (2MASS, <II/246>) data we derived the main parameters of the open cluster NGC 2401. We found this cluster is placed at 6.3+/-0.5kpc (Vo-Mv=14.0+/-0.2) from the Sun and is 25Myr old, what allows us to identify NGC 2401 as a member of the young population belonging to the innermost side of the extension of the Norma-Cygnus spiral-arm in the Third Galactic Quadrant. A spectroscopic study of the emission star LSS 440 that lies in the cluster area revealed it is a B0Ve star; however, we could not confirm it is a cluster member. We also constructed the cluster luminosity function (LF) down to V~22 and the cluster initial mass function (IMF) for all stars with masses above M~1-2M_{sun}_. It was found that the slope of the cluster IMF is x~1.8+/-0.2. The presence of a probable PMS star population associated to the cluster is weakly revealed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/87/462
- Title:
- UBV(RI)c light curves of BD+66 1663
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/87/462
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained the first UBV(RI)C photoelectric light curves of the recently discovered eclipsing binary BD+66 1663 = GSC 4479 412 (P=7.04d, V=10.14). We have derived relative and absolute parameters of the binary, and analyzed the interstellar extinction towards the object. Though the star is located in the field of the young open cluster Be 59, we demonstrate that it is not a member.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/492/145
- Title:
- UBV(RI)c light curves of Nova Cygni 2006
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/492/145
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Nova Cyg 2006 has been intensively observed throughout its full outburst. We investigate the energetics and evolution of the central source and of the expanding ejecta, their chemical abundances and ionization structure, and the formation of dust. We recorded low, medium, and/or high-resolution spectra (calibrated into accurate absolute fluxes) on 39 nights, along with 2353 photometric UBVRcIc measures on 313 nights, and complemented them with IR data from the literature. The nova displayed initially the normal photometric and spectroscopic evolution of a fast nova of the FeII-type. Pre-maximum, principal, diffuse-enhanced, and Orion absorption systems developed in a normal way. After the initial outburst, the nova progressively slowed its fading pace until the decline reversed and a second maximum was reached (eight months later), accompanied by large spectroscopic changes. Following the rapid decline from second maximum, the nova finally entered the nebular phase and formed optically thin dust. We performed a photo-ionization analysis of the emission-line spectrum during the nebular phase, which showed a strong enrichment of the ejecta in nitrogen and oxygen, and none in neon, in agreement with theoretical predictions for the estimated 1.0M_{sun}_ white dwarf in Nova Cyg 2006. The similarities with the poorly investigated V1493 Nova Aql 1999a are discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/663/296
- Title:
- UBV(RI)c phot. of omega Cen (NGC5139) subgiants
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/663/296
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We combine spectroscopic and photometric data for subgiant stars of {omega} Cen to extract results that neither data set could have provided on its own. GIRAFFE@VLT spectra of 80 stars at R=6400 give metallicities for all of them and abundances of C, N, Ca, Ti, and Ba for a subset of them. The photometric data, which have unusually high accuracy, come from a ~10x10arcmin^2^ mosaic of HST ACS images centered on the cluster center and on multicolor images of a ~34x33arcmin^2^ field, taken with the WFI@ESO2.2m camera. Stars with [Fe/H]<-1.25 have a large magnitude spread on the flat part of the sub-giant branch (SGB). We interpret this as empirical evidence for an age spread, and from theoretical isochrones we derive a relative age for each star.
