- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/510/A27
- Title:
- Very low mass stars in Praesepe
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/510/A27
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Determination of the mass functions of open clusters of different ages allows us to infer the efficiency with which brown dwarfs are evaporated from clusters to populate the field. In this paper we present the results of a photometric survey to identify low mass and brown dwarf members of the old open cluster Praesepe (age 590^+150^_-120_Myr, distance 190^+6.0^_-5.8_pc) from which we estimate its mass function and compare this with that of other clusters. We performed an optical (Ic-band) and near-infrared (J and Ks-band) photometric survey of Praesepe covering 3.1{deg}^2^. With 5sigma detection limits of Ic=23.4 and J=20.0, our survey is predicted to be sensitive to objects with masses from 0.6 to 0.05M_{sun}.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/346/390
- Title:
- VI and CMT1 photometry of NGC 2627
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/346/390
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Charge-coupled device (CCD) photometry in the Johnson V, Kron-Cousins I and Washington CMT1 systems is presented in the field of the poorly known open cluster NGC 2627.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/349/641
- Title:
- VIc, CT1 magnitudes in Trumpler 5
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/349/641
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- CCD observations in the Johnson V, Kron-Cousins I and the Washington system C and T_1_ passbands have been used to generate colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) reaching down to V~21.0mag and T_1_~19.0 for Trumpler 5, an old open cluster located towards the Galactic anticentre. Our data analysis confirms the existence of non-uniform extinction over the face of the cluster, the mean E(V-I) and E(C-T_1_) values being 0.80+/-0.05 and 1.17+/-0.15, respectively. Through comparison of the cluster CMDs with theoretical isochrones of the Geneva group, Washington Standard Giant Branches and measures of V and T_1_ indices, we derive the following values for the cluster apparent distance modulus, age, and metallicity: V-M_V_=13.80+/-0.30 (corresponding to a distance from the Sun of 2.4+/-0.5 kpc and 0.04kpc above the Galactic plane), t=5.0+/-0.5Gyr and [Fe/H]=-0.30+/-0.15. We estimate the cluster angular radius to be about 7.7 arcmin (=5.4pc) from star counts carried out within and outside the cluster field.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/340/1249
- Title:
- VIc magnitudes in NGC 2194
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/340/1249
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present CCD VI_KC_ photometry down to V~21mag in the field of the rich open cluster NGC 2194, which is projected towards the Galactic anticentre direction. We measured V magnitudes and V-I colours for a total of 2515 stars in a field of 13.6x13.6arcmin^2^, supplemented with CCD photometry in the C, M and T_1_ filters of the Washington system and photoelectric CMT_1_T_2_ photometry of 20 red giant candidates, using the 0.9-m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Chile, on 1997 December 23-24.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/435/3058
- Title:
- VIc photometry of IR-excess stars in NGC6611
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/435/3058
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Attention is given to a population of 110 stars in the NGC 6611 cluster of the Eagle nebula that have prominent near-infrared excess and optical colours typical of pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars older than 8Myr. At least half of those for which spectroscopy exists have a H{alpha} emission line profile revealing active accretion. In principle, the V-I colours of all these stars would be consistent with those of young PMS objects (<1Myr) whose radiation is heavily obscured by a circumstellar disc seen at high inclination and in small part scattered towards the observer by the back side of the disc. However, using theoretical models it is shown here that objects of this type can only account for a few percent of this population. In fact, the spatial distribution of these objects, their X-ray luminosities, their optical brightness, their positions in the colour-magnitude diagram and the weak Li absorption lines of the stars studied spectroscopically suggest that most of them are at least eight times older than the ~1Myr-old PMS stars already known in this cluster and could be as old as ~30Myr. This is the largest homogeneous sample to date of Galactic PMS stars considerably older than 8Myr that are still actively accreting from a circumstellar disc and it allows us to set a lower limit of 7 percent to the disc frequency at ~16Myr in NGC 6611. These values imply a characteristic exponential lifetime of ~6Myr for disc dissipation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/377/741
- Title:
- VIc photometry of NGC 2516
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/377/741
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the results of an i-band time-series photometric survey of NGC2516 using the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) 4-m Blanco telescope and 8k Mosaic-II detector, achieving better than 1 per cent photometric precision per data point over 15<~i<~19. Candidate cluster members were selected from a V versus V-I colour-magnitude diagram over 16<V<26 (covering masses from 0.7M_{sun}_ down to below the brown dwarf limit), finding 1685 candidates, of which we expect ~1000 to be real cluster members, taking into account contamination from the field (which is most severe at the extremes of our mass range). Searching for periodic variations in these gave 362 detections over the mass range 0.15<~M/M_{sun}_<~0.7. The rotation period distributions were found to show a remarkable morphology as a function of mass, with the fastest rotators bounded by P>0.25d, and the slowest rotators for M<~0.5M_{sun}_ bounded by a line of P~M3, with those for M>~0.5M_{sun}_ following a flatter relation closer to P ~ constant. Models of the rotational evolution were investigated, finding that the evolution of the fastest rotators was well reproduced by a conventional solid body model with a mass-dependent saturation velocity, whereas core-envelope decoupling was needed to reproduce the evolution of the slowest rotators. None of our models were able to simultaneously reproduce the behaviour of both populations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AcA/57/249
- Title:
- VIc photometry of NGC 6755 stars
- Short Name:
- J/AcA/57/249
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from a search for variable stars in the field of a young open cluster NGC 6755. Altogether seventy one variable stars have been discovered. Thirty one of them are eclipsing systems. This group contains ten EA, four EB and seventeen EW-type systems. Photometric variability of four late type stars is most probably caused by their chromospherical activity. Another seven detected variable stars have light curves typical for pulsating stars from the main instability strip. Four of them we tentatively classified as gamma Dor, one as delta Sct and two as Population II Cepheid variable stars, respectively. Star designated as V40 can be either another population II Cepheid or an ellipsoidal binary system. The remaining twenty eight variable stars found in the field of this open cluster are most probably highly obscured background red giants (OSARG, irregular). For all detected variable stars we provide their light curves, preliminary classification, discussion on the possible cluster membership, equatorial coordinates, finding charts and periods when possible.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/186/191
- Title:
- VI photometry and spectroscopy in h+{chi} Per
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/186/191
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- From photometric observations of ~47000 stars and spectroscopy of ~11000 stars, we describe the first extensive study of the stellar population of the famous Double Cluster, h and {chi} Persei, down to subsolar masses. By analyzing optical spectra and optical/infrared photometry, we constrain the distance moduli (dM), reddening (E(B-V)), and ages for h Persei, {chi} Persei, and the low-density halo population surrounding both cluster cores. With the exception of mass and spatial distribution, the clusters are nearly identical in every measurable way. From these data, we establish the first spectroscopic and photometric membership lists of cluster stars down to early/mid M dwarfs. At minimum, there are ~5000 members within 10' of the cluster centers, while the entire h and {chi} Persei region has at least ~13000 and as many as 20000 members. The Double Cluster contains ~8400M_{sun}_ of stars within 10' of the cluster centers. We estimate a total mass of at least 20000M_{sun}_. We conclude our study by outlining outstanding questions regarding the past and present properties of h and {chi} Persei. From comparing recent work, we compile a list of intrinsic colors and derive a new effective temperature scale for O-M dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/390/961
- Title:
- VI photometry in NGC 188
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/390/961
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We used HST-WFPC2 to study the white dwarf luminosity function of the old open cluster NGC 188 in order to determine a lower limit to the age of the cluster (~5Gyr) by looking at the faint end of the cooling sequence (down to V~26.5).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/115/592
- Title:
- VI photometry of NGC 2157
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/115/592
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 V- and I-band imaging of the young LMC cluster NGC 2157. Construction of a color-magnitude diagram and isochrone fitting yield an age of {tau}=10^8^yr, a reddening E(B-V)=0.1, and a distance modulus of 18.4mag. Our data cover the mass range 0.75M_{sun}_<=m<=5.1M_{sun}_. We find that the cluster mass function changes significantly from the inner regions to the outer regions, becoming steeper (larger number of low-mass stars relative to high-mass stars) at larger radii. The age of NGC 2157 is comparable to its two-body relaxation timescale only in the cluster core. The observed steepening of the mass function at larger radii is therefore most likely an initial condition of the cluster stars. Such initial conditions are predicted in models of cluster star formation in which dissipative processes act more strongly upon more massive stars.