- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/37
- Title:
- UBVI and H{alpha} CCD photometry of NGC 6231
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/37
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have performed new wide-field photometry of the young open cluster NGC6231 to study the shape of the initial mass function (IMF) and mass segregation. We also investigated the reddening law toward NGC6231 from optical to mid-infrared color excess ratios, and found that the total-to-selective extinction ratio is R_V_=3.2, which is very close to the normal value. But many early-type stars in the cluster center show large color excess ratios. We derived the surface density profiles of four member groups, and found that they reach the surface density of field stars at about 10', regardless of stellar mass. The IMF of NGC6231 is derived for the mass range 0.8-45M_{sun}_. The slope of the IMF of NGC6231 ({Gamma}=-1.1+/-0.1) is slightly shallower than the canonical value, but the difference is marginal. In addition, the mass function varies systematically, and is a strong function of radius-it is very shallow at the center, and very steep at the outer ring suggesting the cluster is mass segregated. We confirm the mass segregation for the massive stars (m>~8 M_{sun}_) by a minimum spanning tree analysis. Using a Monte Carlo method, we estimate the total mass of NGC6231 to be about 2.6(+/-0.6)*10^3^M_{sun}_. We constrain the age of NGC 6231 by comparison with evolutionary isochrones. The age of the low-mass stars ranges from 1 to 7Myr with a slight peak at 3Myr. However, the age of the high-mass stars depends on the adopted models and is 3.5+/-0.5Myr from the non-rotating or moderately rotating models of Brott et al. (2011, cat. J/A+A/530/A115) as well as the non-rotating models of Ekstrom et al. (2012, cat. J/A+A/537/A146). But the age is 4.0-7.0Myr if the rotating models of Ekstrom et al. (2012, cat. J/A+A/537/A146) are adopted. This latter age is in excellent agreement with the timescale of ejection of the high-mass runaway star HD153919 from NGC6231, albeit the younger age cannot be entirely excluded.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/41
- Title:
- UBVIc CCD photometry of star clusters Tr14 and Tr16
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/41
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new UBVIc CCD photometry of the young open clusters Trumpler 14 (Tr 14) and Trumpler 16 (Tr 16) in the {eta} Carina Nebula (NGC 3372). We also identify the optical counterpart of Chandra X-ray sources and Two Micron All Sky Survey point sources. The members of the clusters were selected from the proper-motion study, spectral types, reddening characteristics, and X-ray or near-IR excess emission. An abnormal reddening law R_V,cl_=4.4+/-0.2 was obtained for the stars in the {eta} Carina Nebula using the 141 early-type stars with high proper-motion membership probability (P_{mu}_>=70%). We determined the distance to each cluster and conclude that Tr 14 and Tr 16 have practically the same distance modulus of V_0_-M_V_=12.3+/-0.2mag (d=2.9+/-0.3kpc). The slope of the initial mass function was determined to be {Gamma}=-1.3+/-0.1 for Tr 14, {Gamma}=-1.3+/-0.1 for Tr 16, and {Gamma}=-1.4+/-0.1 for all members in the observed region for the stars with log m>=0.2. We also estimated the age of the clusters to be about 1-3Myr from the evolutionary stage of evolved stars and low-mass pre-main-sequence stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/381/884
- Title:
- UBVI CCD photometry in NGC 2571
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/381/884
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- CCD UBVI imaging photometry was carried out in the field of the open cluster NGC 2571. From the analysis of our data we state the cluster is at a distance of 1380+/-130pc and its age is 50+/-10x10^6yr. The cluster mass function has a slope larger than a typical Salpeter's law. There are two notorious features in NGC 2571: the cluster contains a high proportion of stars located below the reference line that are serious candidates to be metallic line stars (probably Am-Fm), and shows also a sharp gap along its main sequence that cannot be explained by a random process nor by a biased rejection of cluster members. A striking blue object was detected in the cluster field that could be a white dwarf candidate. We carried out CCD imaging photometry in the Kron-Cousins UBVI system on April 27 and 29, 1994 using a 1024x1024pix CCD with a scale of 0.37"/pix and a field of view of 6.3'x6.3' attached to the 1.54-m Danish telescope at ESO, La Silla, Chile.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/592/A149
- Title:
- UBVI CCD photometry of Carina region stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/592/A149
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Previous studies of the Carina region have revealed its complexity and richness as well as a significant number of early-type stars. However, in many cases, these studies only concentrated on the central region (Trumpler 14/16) or were not homogeneous. This latter aspect, in particular is crucial because very different ages and distances for key clusters have been claimed in recent years. The aim of this work is to study in detail an area of the Galactic plane in Carina, east ward Carina. We analyze the properties of different stellar populations and focus on a sample of open clusters and their population of young stellar objects and highly reddened early stars. We also studied the stellar mass distribution in these clusters and the possible scenario of their formation. Finally, we outline the Galactic spiral structure in this direction. We obtained deep and homogeneous photometric data (UBVIKC) for six young open clusters: NGC 3752, Trumpler 18, NGC 3590, Hogg 10, 11, and 12, located in Carina at l~291, and their adjacent stellar fields, which we complemented with spectroscopic observations of a few selected targets. We also culled additional information from the literature, which includes stellar spectral classifications and near-infrared photometry from 2MASS. We finally developed a numerical code that allowed us to perform a homogeneous and systematic analysis of the data. Our results provide more reliable estimates of distances, color excesses, masses, and ages of the stellar populations in this direction. We estimate the basic parameters of the studied clusters and find that they identify two overdensities of young stellar populations located at about 1.8kpc and 2.8kpc, with E_(B-V)_~0.1-0.6. We find evidence of pre-main-sequence populations inside them, with an apparent coeval stellar formation in the most conspicuous clusters. We also discuss apparent age and distance gradients in the direction NW-SE. We study the mass distributions of the covered clusters and several others in the region (which we took form the literature). They consistently show a canonical IMF slope (the Salpeter one). We discover and characterise an abnormally reddened massive stellar population, scattered between 6.6 and 11kpc. Spectroscopic observations of ten stars of this latter population show that all selected targets were massive OB stars. Their location is consistent with the position of the Carina-Sagittarius spiral arm.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/341/805
- Title:
- UBVI CCD photometry of Cep OB3b
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/341/805
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of a low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS) stellar population in the younger subgroup of the Cepheus OB3 association, Cep OB3b, using UBVI CCD photometry and follow-up spectroscopy. The optical survey covers approximately 1300arcmin^2^ on the sky and gives a global photometric and astrometric catalogue for more than 7000 objects. The location of a PMS population is well defined in a V versus (V-I) colour-magnitude diagram.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/306/361
- Title:
- UBVI CCD photometry of M35 (NGC 2168)
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/306/361
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- UBVI CCD photometry has been obtained for the intermediate-age open cluster M35 (NGC 2168). From this new photometry we derived the cluster parameters (Vo-MV= 9.60+/-0.10 mag, E(B-V) = 0.255+/-0.024 mag), age (logAge=8.3+/-0.3) and a photometric abundance (Z~0.008, i.e. [Fe/H]~-0.3) from comparison with theoretical isochrones of the Padova group. A minimum binary frequency (35+/-5%) was estimated from the distribution of distance moduli of unevolved proper motion members. Faint photometric members were selected by using differences in the reddening effect on colour indices.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/123/290
- Title:
- UBVI CCD photometry of NGC 2516
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/123/290
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present UBVI CCD photometry of the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 2516.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/383/1241
- Title:
- UBVIc photometry of cluster Berkeley 59
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/383/1241
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present UBVIc CCD photometry of the young open cluster Be 59 with the aim to study the star formation scenario in the cluster. The radial extent of the cluster is found to be ~10arcmin (2.9pc). The interstellar extinction in the cluster region varies between E(B-V)=1.4 to 1.8mag. The ratio of total-to-selective extinction in the cluster region is estimated as 3.7+/-0.3. The distance of the cluster is found to be 1.00+/-0.05kpc. Using near-infrared (NIR) colours and slitless spectroscopy, we have identified young stellar objects (YSOs) in the open cluster Be 59 region. The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) and IRAS-HIRES images around the cluster region are also used to study the emission from unidentified infrared bands and to estimate the spatial distribution of optical depth of warm and cold interstellar dust.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/436/527
- Title:
- UBVIc photometry of NGC 4852
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/436/527
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present wide-field deep UBVIc photometry for the previously unstudied open cluster NGC 4852 down to a limiting magnitude Ic~24, obtained from observations taken with the Wide Field Imager camera on-board the MPG/ESO 2.2m telescope at La Silla (ESO, Chile), in the photometric night of July 7, 2002. These data are used to obtain the first estimate of the cluster basic parameters, to study the cluster spatial extension by means of star counts, and to derive the Luminosity (LF) and Mass Functions (MF). The cluster radius turns out to be 5.0+/-1.0arcmin. The cluster emerges clearly from the field down to V=20mag. At fainter magnitudes, it is completely confused with the general Galactic disk field. The stars inside this region define a young open cluster (200 million years old) 1.1kpc far from the Sun (m-M=11.60, E(B-V)=0.45). The Present Day Mass Functions (PDMF) from the V photometry is one of the most extended in mass obtained to date, and can be represented as a power-law with a slope alpha=2.3+/-0.3 and (the Salpeter MF in this notation has a slope alpha=2.35), in the mass range 3.2<=m/m_{sun}_<=0.6. Below this mass, the MF cannot be considered as representative of the cluster MF, as the cluster merges with the field and therefore the MF is the result of the combined effect of strong irregularities in the stellar background and interaction of the cluster with the dense Galactic field. The cluster total mass at the limiting magnitude results to be 2570+/-210M_{sun}_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/555/A50
- Title:
- UBVIc photometry of stars in Westerlund 2
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/555/A50
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A new X-ray, UBVIc, and JHKs study of the young cluster Westerlund 2 was undertaken to resolve discrepancies tied to the cluster's distance. Existing spectroscopic observations for bright cluster members and new multi-band photometry imply a reddening relation toward Westerlund 2 described by E(U-B)/E(B-V)=0.63+0.02E(B-V). Variable-extinction analyses for Westerlund 2 and nearby IC 2581 based upon spectroscopic distance moduli and ZAMS fitting yield values of R_V_=A_V_/E(B-V)=3.88+/-0.18 and 3.77+/-0.19, respectively, and confirm prior assertions that anomalous interstellar extinction is widespread throughout Carina. The results were confirmed by applying the color-difference method to UBVRIcJHKs data for 19 spectroscopically observed cluster members, yielding R_V_=3.85+/-0.07. The derived distance to Westerlund 2 of d=2.85+/-0.43kpc places the cluster on the far side of the Carina spiral arm. The cluster's age is no more than {tau}~2x10^6^yr as inferred from the cluster's brightest stars and an X-ray (Chandra) cleaned analysis of its pre-main-sequence demographic. Four Wolf-Rayet stars in the cluster core and surrounding corona (WR20a, WR20b, WR20c, and WR20aa) are very likely cluster members, and their inferred luminosities are consistent with those of other late-WN stars in open clusters. The color-magnitude diagram for Westerlund 2 also displays a gap at spectral type B0.5~V with associated color spread at higher and lower absolute magnitudes that might be linked to close binary mergers. These features, in conjunction with the evidence for mass loss from the WR stars, may help to explain the high flux of {gamma}-rays, cosmic rays, and X-rays from the direction toward Westerlund 2.
