We present CCD photometry on the BV(RI)_KC_ (Cape) photometric system of the core of the young open cluster, NGC 5460, to a magnitude limit V=~19, R=~19.5. We give photometry for 353 stars and identify 25 as cluster members along with a further 27 as possible members based on their positions in individual colour-magnitude diagrams. We estimate the reddening to the cluster and redefine its distance and age. Four stars are identified as possible variables and their nature discussed.
We present BVRI photometry of three overlapping fields in the globular cluster NGC 1904 (M79), observed with a CCD camera and the 2.2m Max-Planck-Institute telescope at ESO/La Silla. We critically compare our photometry using the INVENTORY data reduction code with results derived by other investigators using different codes. These comparisons convince us that all modern codes give results reliable to at least +/-0.3mag at all levels, as long as the fields are not overly crowded. Specifically, our results for NGC 1904 (M79) are as follows: V(TO)=19.60+/-0.10 (estimated external error), with turnoff colors at B-V=0.40, V-R=0.27, V-I=0.57, and B-I=0.97, all with estimated external errors of +/-0.06. By fitting the four resulting ridge lines to the theoretical isochrones of VandenBerg & Bell [ApJS, 58, 561 (1985)] interpolated to [Fe/H]=-1.60, Y=0.20, and [O/Fe]=0.00, we derive an average value for the age of 16Gyr, where we have adopted E(B-V)=0.01.
The B0V star BD+46 3474 lies near the front surface of a dense molecular cloud and illuminates the emission/reflection nebula IC 5146. The HAeBe variable BD +46 3471 is embedded in the same cloud, about 10' (3.5pc) away. CCD photometry in BV(RI)_C_ (to V=22) and in JHK (to about K=16.5) has been obtained for the young clusters surrounding each of these two bright stars. Some 100 emission-H{alpha} stars brighter than R=20.5 have been found in the area, most of them in IC 5146. (Among these are two that have spectra resembling a high-excitation Herbig-Haro [HH] object plus a stellar continuum).
Results of multicolor observations of BL Lac in 1999-2001 are presented. We show that the spectral energy distribution of the variable component in the range from K to B had remained unchanged for three years.
We derive the basic physical parameters of the field double-mode RR Lyrae star BS Com from its observed periods and the requirement of consistency between the pulsational and evolutionary constraints. We performed a standard frequency analysis on the V data by discrete Fourier transformation. We derived P0=0.48791d and P1=0.36307d for the periods of the fundamental and the first overtone modes, respectively.
Photometric observations of the radio source S5 0716+71 were obtained in Johnson-Cousins BVRI filters from 1998 to 2001. with Zeiss-600 and Zeiss-1000 telescopes of SAO of the Russian Academy of Science.
We present UBVIc CCD photometry of the young open cluster Stock 8 with the aim of studying its basic properties such as the amount of interstellar extinction, distance, age, stellar contents and initial mass function (IMF). We also studied the star formation scenario in this region. From optical data, the radius of the cluster is found to be ~6arcmin (~3.6pc) and the reddening within the cluster region varies from E(B-V)=0.40 to 0.60mag. The cluster is located at a distance of 2.05+/-0.10kpc. Using H{alpha} slitless spectroscopy and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) near-infrared (NIR) data we identified H{alpha} emission and NIR-excess young stellar objects (YSOs), respectively.
We present the results of a deep, wide-field CCD survey for the open cluster NGC 3532. Our new BV(RI)c photometry effectively covers a one square degree area and reaches an unprecedented depth of V~21 to reveal that NGC 3532 is a rich open cluster that harbors a large number of faint, low-mass stars. We employ a number of methods to reduce the impact of field star contamination in the cluster color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs), including supplementing our photometry with JHKs data from the 2MASS catalog. These efforts allow us to define a robust sample of candidate main-sequence stars suitable for a purely empirical determination of the cluster's parameters by comparing them to the well-established Hyades main sequence.
New multiband CCD photometry is presented for the eclipsing binary GW Gem; the RI light curves are the first ever compiled. Four new minimum timings have been determined. Our analysis of eclipse timings observed during the past 79 years indicates a continuous period increase at a fractional rate of +(1.2+/-0.1)x10^10^, in excellent agreement with the value +1.1x10^-10^ calculated from the Wilson-Devinney binary code. The new light curves display an inverse O'Connell effect increasing toward longer wavelengths. Hot- and cool-spot models are developed to describe these variations but we prefer a cool spot on the secondary star. Our light-curve synthesis reveals that GW Gem is in a semidetached, but near-contact, configuration. It appears to consist of a near-main-sequence primary star with a spectral type of about A7 and an evolved early K-type secondary star that completely fills its inner Roche lobe. Mass transfer from the secondary to the primary component is responsible for the observed secular period change.
