- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/615/A165
- Title:
- Equivalent widths of 13 red giants in IC 4756
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/615/A165
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Homogeneous investigations of red giant stars in open clusters contribute to studies of internal evolutionary mixing processes inside stars, which are reflected in abundances of mixing-sensitive chemical elements like carbon, nitrogen, and sodium, while {alpha}- and neutron-capture element abundances are useful in tracing the Galactic chemical evolution. The main aim of this study is a comprehensive chemical analysis of red giant stars in the open cluster IC 4756, including determinations of ^12^C/^13^C and C/N abundance ratios, and comparisons of the results with theoretical models of stellar and Galactic chemical evolution. We used a classical differential model atmosphere method to analyse high-resolution spectra obtained with the FEROS spectrograph on the 2.2m MPG/ESO Telescope. The carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen abundances, ^12^C/^13^C ratios, and neutron-capture element abundances were determined using synthetic spectra, and the main atmospheric parameters and abundances of other chemical elements were determined from equivalent widths of spectral lines.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/139/1942
- Title:
- Equivalent widths of red giants in 6 open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/139/1942
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed abundance analysis based on high resolution spectroscopy for 16 stars in the old open clusters Be 31, Be 32, Be 39, M 67, NGC 188, and NGC 1193.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A66
- Title:
- Equivalent widths of 7 stars in NGC 6705
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/610/A66
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The stellar [{alpha}/Fe] abundance is sometimes used as a proxy for stellar age, following standard chemical evolution models for the Galaxy, as seen by different observational results. In this work we show that the Open Cluster NGC6705/M11 has a significant {alpha}-enhancement [{alpha}/Fe]>0.1dex, despite its young age (~300Myr), challenging the current paradigm.}{We use high resolution (R$>65,000$) high signal-to-noise (~70) spectra of 8 Red Clump stars, acquired within the OCCASO survey. We determine very accurate chemical abundances of several {alpha} elements, using an equivalent width methodology (Si, Ca and Ti), and spectral synthesis fits (Mg and O). We obtain [Si/Fe]=0.13+/-0.05, [Mg/Fe]=0.14+/-0.07, [O/Fe]=0.17+/-0.07, [Ca/Fe]=0.06+/-0.05 and [Ti/Fe]=0.03+/-0.03. Our results place these cluster within the group of young [{alpha}/Fe]-enhanced field stars recently found by several authors in the literature. The ages of our stars have an uncertainty of around 50Myr, much more precise than for field stars. By integrating the cluster's orbit in several non-axisymmetric Galactic potentials, we establish the M11's most likely birth radius to lie between 6.8-7.5kpc from the Galactic center, not far from its current position. With the robust Open Cluster age scale, our results prove that a moderate [{alpha}/Fe]-enhancement is no guarantee for a star to be old, and that not all {alpha}-enhanced stars can be explained with an evolved blue straggler scenario. Based on our orbit calculations, we further argue against a Galactic bar origin of M11.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/360/499
- Title:
- Equivalent widths of 9 stars of M 67
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/360/499
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-resolution spectra of six core helium-burning `clump' stars and three giants in the open cluster M 67 have been obtained with the SOFIN spectrograph on the Nordic Optical Telescope to investigate abundances of up to 25 chemical elements. Abundances of carbon were studied using the C_2_ Swan (0,1) band head at 5635.5{AA}. The wavelength interval 7980-8130{AA} with strong CN features was analysed in order to determine nitrogen abundances and ^12^C/^13^C isotope ratios. The oxygen abundances were determined from the [O I] line at 6300{AA}. The overall metallicity of the cluster stars was found to be close to solar ([Fe/H]=-0.03+/-0.03). Compared with the Sun and other dwarf stars of the Galactic disk, as well as with dwarf stars of M 67 itself, abundances in the investigated stars suggest that carbon is depleted by about 0.2dex, nitrogen is enhanced by about 0.2dex and oxygen is unaltered. Among other mixing-sensitive chemical elements an overabundance of sodium may be suspected. The mean C/N and ^12^C/^13^C ratios are lowered to the values of 1.7+/-0.2 and 24+/-4 in the giants and to the values of 1.4+/-0.2 and 16+/-4 in the clump stars. These results suggest that extra mixing of CN-cycled material to the stellar surface takes place after the He-core flash. Abundances of heavy chemical elements in all nine stars were found to be almost identical and close to solar.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/300/128
- Title:
- ESO 96-SC04 and ESO 92-SC18 photometry
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/300/128
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present deep CCD BV photometry in the central region of the faint open clusters ESO 96-SC04 and ESO 92-SC18. The color magnitude diagrams (CMD) here presented allows us to evaluate the clusters ages. We found an age of 5.0x10^9^yr for ESO 92-SC18 and 0.7x10^9^yr for ESO 96-SC04 on the Padova isochrones scale. Estimates of the reddening are given for both the target clusters and the distances of these objects are substantially revised. We conclude that these clusters belong to the old tail of the thin disk population, they are among the most distant known open clusters from the Sun and lie near the solar circle like the majority of the open clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/624/A8
- Title:
- Evolved Galactic open clusters dynamical properties
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/624/A8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The stellar content of Galactic open clusters (OCs) is gradually depleted during their evolution as a result of internal relaxation and external interactions. The final residues of the long-term evolution of OCs are called open cluster remnants (OCRs).These are sparsely populated structures that can barely be distinguished from the field. We aimed to characterise and compare the dynamical states of a set of 16 objects catalogued as OCRs or OCR candidates. The sample also includes 7 objects that are catalogued as dynamically evolved OCs for comparison purposes. We used photometric data from the 2MASS catalogue, proper motions and parallaxes from the GAIA DR2 catalogue, and a decontamination algorithm that was applied to the three-dimensional astrometric space of proper motions and parallaxes ({mu}_{alpha}, {mu}_{delta}, {varpi}) for stars in the objects' areas. The investigated OCRs present masses (M) and velocity dispersions ({sigma}_v_) within well-defined ranges: M between ~10-40M_{sun} and {sigma}_v_ between ~1-7km/s. Some objects in the remnant sample have a limiting radius R_lim_<~2pc, which means that they are more compact than the investigated OCs; other remnants have R_lim_ between ~2-7pc, which is comparable to the OCs. In general, our clusters show signals of depletion of low-mass stars. This confirms their dynamically evolved states. Using results from N-body simulations, we conclude that the OCRs we studied are in fact remnants of initially very populous OCs (N_0_~10^3^-10^4^stars). The outcome of the long-term evolution is to bring the final residues of the OCs to dynamical states that are similar to each other, thus masking out the memory of the initial formation conditions of star clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/633/A38
- Title:
- EW of 10 solar-type stars of Praesepe
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/633/A38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Open clusters exquisitely track the Galactic disc chemical properties and its time evolution; a substantial number of studies and large spectroscopic surveys focus mostly on the chemical content of relatively old clusters (age>1Gyr). Interestingly, the less studied young counterpart populating the solar surrounding has been found to be solar (at most), with a notable surprising lack of young metal-rich objects. While there is wide consensus about the moderately above-solar composition of the Hyades cluster, the metallicity of Praesepe is still controversial. Recent studies suggest that these two clusters share identical chemical composition and age, but this conclusion is disputed. With the aim of reassessing the metallicity of Praesepe, and its difference (if any) with the Hyades cluster, we present in this paper a spectroscopic investigation of ten solar-type dwarf members. We exploited GIARPS at the TNG to acquire high-resolution, high-quality optical and near-IR spectra and derived stellar parameters, metallicity ([Fe/H]), light elements, alpha- and iron-peak elements, by using a strictly differential (line-by-line) approach. We also analysed in the very same way the solar spectrum and the Hyades solar analogue HD 28099. Our findings suggest that Praesepe is more metal-rich than the Hyades, at the level of [Fe/H]=+0.05+/-0.01dex, with a mean value of [Fe/H]=+0.21+/-0.01dex. All the other elements scale with iron, as expected. This result seems to reject the hypothesis of a common origin for these two open clusters. Most importantly, Praesepe is currently the most metal-rich, young open cluster living in the solar neighbourhood
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/502/267
- Title:
- EWs of 31 giant stars of 10 open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/502/267
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Equivalent widths (EWs) of a sample of 31 giant stars of 10 open clusters. The list includes lines of NaI, MgI, SiI, CaI, ScII, TiI, VI, VII, CrI, CrII, FeI, FeII, CoI, NiI, YII, CeII, and EuII. For most of the lines, EWs were measured using PeakFit. For some Fe II lines, EWs were measured by fitting Gaussian profiles to the lines with the IRAF task SPLOT. The adopted oscillator strengths (loggfs) and excitation potentials (EP) are also listed. For the stars of the clusters NGC 2360 and NGC 2447 only the FeII EWs are given. The EWs of the remaining lines can be found in Hamdani et al. (2000, Cat. J/A+A/360/509).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/463/1780
- Title:
- Exoplanet candidates in Praesepe (M 44)
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/463/1780
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work we keep pushing K2 data to a high photometric precision, close to that of the Kepler main mission, using a PSF-based, neighbour-subtraction technique, which also overcome the dilution effects in crowded environments. We analyse the open cluster M 44 (NGC 2632), observed during the K2 Campaign 5, and extract light curves of stars imaged on module 14, where most of the cluster lies. We present two candidate exoplanets hosted by cluster members and five by field stars. As a by-product of our investigation, we find 1680 eclipsing binaries and variable stars, 1071 of which are new discoveries. Among them, we report the presence of a heartbeat binary star. Together with this work, we release to the community a catalogue with the variable stars and the candidate exoplanets found, as well as all our raw and detrended light curves.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/627/A119
- Title:
- Extended halo of NGC 2682 (M 67)
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/627/A119
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NGC 2682 is a nearby open cluster that is approximately 3.5Gyr old. Dynamically, most open clusters are expected to dissolve on shorter timescales of ~=1Gyr. That it has survived until now means that NGC 2682 was likely much more massive in the past and is bound to have an interesting dynamical history. We investigate the spatial distribution of the stars in NGC 2682 to constrain dynamical evolution of the cluster. We particularly focus on the marginally bound stars in the cluster outskirts. We used Gaia DR2 data to identify NGC 2682 members up to a distance of ~150pc (10{deg}). The two methods Clusterix and UPMASK were applied to this end. We estimated distances to obtain 3D stellar positions using a Bayesian approach to parallax inversion, with an appropriate prior for star clusters. We calculated the orbit of NGC 2682 using the GRAVPOT16 software. The cluster extends up to 200' (50pc), which implies that its size is at least twice as large as previously believed. This exceeds the cluster Hill sphere based on the Galactic potential at the distance of NGC 2682. The extra-tidal stars in NGC 2682 may originate from external perturbations such as disc-shocking or dynamical evaporation from two-body relaxation. The former origin is plausible given the orbit of NGC 2682, which crossed the Galactic disc ~=40Myr ago.