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2351. NGC 1560 BVRI CCD photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/106/66
Title:
NGC 1560 BVRI CCD photometry
Short Name:
J/AJ/106/66
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present BVRI CCD photometry of ~600 stars in the central region of a resolved spiral galaxy NGC 1560 which is seen almost edge-on, apparently located in the IC 342 group. The V-(B-V) diagram shows a dominant group of significantly reddened blue plume stars consisting of young massive main-sequence and evolved blue supergiant stars. The tip of the blue plume is found to be at V~21 mag and (B-V)~0.4mag. The I-(R-I) diagram shows a large group of red supergiants the brightest of which are extending to I~19.5mag at (R-I)~1.1mag. The logarithmic slope of the V luminosity function of the blue plume stars is 0.69+/-0.10, similar to that for other nearby galaxies. The mean color of the blue plume stars is <(B-V)>=0.25+/-0.03mag. The total reddening, including both foreground and internal reddening, is estimated from the mean color of the blue plume stars, to be E(B-V)=0.40+/-0.10mag, whereas the foreground reddening based on the H I column density and faint galaxy counts is E(B-V)=0.16mag. Combining our results with those in the literature, we have obtained distance estimates using four methods: brightest blue stars [(m-M)_0_=27.11mag], brightest red stars [(m-M)_0_=27.02mag], B-band Tully-Fisher relation [(m-M)_0_=26.96mag], and H-band Tully-Fisher relation [(m-M)_0_=26.86mag]. These four estimates agree very well. Taking the average of these four estimates, we obtain a value for the true distance modulus to NGC 1560, (m-M)_0_=27.0+/-0.1mag, corresponding to a distance of 2.5+/-0.1Mpc.
2352. NGC 6318 CCD BVI photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/117/22
Title:
NGC 6318 CCD BVI photometry
Short Name:
J/PASP/117/22
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present CCD BVI photometry for the southern open cluster NGC 6318. The sample consists of 9876 stars measured in an area of 13.6'x13.6', extending down to V~21.5mag. Star counts carried out within and outside the cluster region allowed us to estimate the cluster angular radius as 8'.
2353. NGC 6994 CCD photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/355/138
Title:
NGC 6994 CCD photometry
Short Name:
J/A+A/355/138
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
BVRI CCD photometry of 144 stars in the region of NGC 6994: positions, V magnitudes, (B-V), (V-R) and (V-I) colors.
2354. NGC 6819 CCD UBV photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/ApSS/361.126
Title:
NGC 6819 CCD UBV photometry
Short Name:
J/other/ApSS/361
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of CCD UBV observations of the open cluster NGC 6819. We calculated the stellar density profile in the cluster's field to determine the structural parameters of NGC 6819. Using the existing astrometric data, we calculated the probabilities of the stars being physical members of the cluster, and used these objects in the determination of the astrophysical parameters of NGC 6819. We inferred the reddening and metallicity of the cluster as E(B-V)=0.130+/-0.035mag and [Fe/H]=+0.051+/-0.020dex, respectively, using the U-B vs B-V two-colour diagram and UV excesses of the F-G type main-sequence stars. We fit the colour-magnitude diagrams of NGC 6819 with the PARSEC isochrones and derived the distance modula, distance and age of the cluster as mu_V=12.22+/-0.10mag, d=2309+/-106pc and t=2.4+/-0.2Gyr, respectively. The parameters of the galactic orbit estimated for NGC 6819 indicate that the cluster is orbiting in a slightly eccentric orbit of e=0.06 with a period of P_orb_=142Myr. The slope of the mass function estimated for the cluster is close to the one found for the stars in the solar neighbourhood.
2355. NGC 6811 CCD UBVRI photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/ApSS/355.267
Title:
NGC 6811 CCD UBVRI photometry
Short Name:
J/other/ApSS/355
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of CCD UBVRI observations of the open cluster NGC 6811 obtained on 18th July 2012 with the 1m telescope at the TIBITAK National Observatory (TUG). Using these photometric results, we determine the structural and astrophysical parameters of the cluster. The mean photometric uncertainties are better than 0.02 mag in the V magnitude and B-V, V-R, and V-I colour indices to about 0.03mag for U-B among stars brighter than magnitude V=18. Cluster member stars were separated from the field stars using the Galaxia model of Sharma et al. (2011ApJ...730....3S) together with other techniques. The core radius of the cluster is found to be r_c_=3.60arcmin. The astrophysical parameters were determined simultaneously via Bayesian statistics using the colour-magnitude diagrams V versus B-V, V versus V-I, V versus V-R, and V versus R-I of the cluster. The resulting most likely parameters were further confirmed using independent methods, removing any possible degeneracies. The colour excess, distance modulus, metallicity and the age of the cluster are determined simultaneously as E(B-V)=0.05+/-0.01mag, {mu}=10.06+/-0.08mag, [M/H]=-0.10+/-0.01dex and t=1.00+/-0.05Gyr, respectively. Distances of five red clump stars which were found to be members of the cluster further confirm our distance estimation.
2356. NGC 7789 CCD VI photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/110/1318
Title:
NGC 7789 CCD VI photometry
Short Name:
J/PASP/110/1318
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A V, V-I-diagram for the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 7789 has been derived from CCD observations of more than 15,000 stars within ~18' of the cluster center. From the brightest giants and blue stragglers at V~11 to the faintest lower main-sequence stars that were observed (at V~21, M_V_~9), the color-magnitude diagram is well defined. A prominent clump of core helium-burning stars is evident at V=13.0, and the upper end of the main sequence shows a fairly pronounced curvature to the red, which is indicative of significant convective core overshooting. Indeed, comparisons with up-to-date stellar models show that it is not possible to explain the observed morphology in the vicinity of the turnoff unless the overshooting is quite extensive. Interestingly, if sufficient overshooting is assumed in order to match the main-sequence data, it is not possible to reproduce the cluster's extended giant branch unless the cluster age is at least 1.6 Gyr (assuming a metallicity in the range -0.2<=[FeMH]<=0.0). This, in turn, requires that the cluster have an apparent distance modulus m-M_V_<=12.2. Thus, sometime within the past few hundred million years, the ignition of helium burning in NGC 7789 has switched from a quiescent to an explosive ("flash") phenomenon, and the length of the cluster's red giant branch has been steadily increasing with the passage of time since then. From main-sequence fits to models that have been carefully normalized to the Sun, we infer a reddening 0.35<=E(V-I)<=0.38.
2357. NGC 6611 compiled catalog
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/134/525
Title:
NGC 6611 compiled catalog
Short Name:
J/A+AS/134/525
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This catalogue contains data on stars in sky area of the open cluster NGC 6611. The catalogue is based on a new reduction of positions, proper motions, and photometric data whenever published in this region and includes among others, Hipparcos, AC/GSC and Tautenburg Schmidt plate observations. The basis of compiled catalogue is made of stars distributed over a circular area with radius of 22.8arcmin centered on the cluster NGC 6611 (Kharchenko and Schilbach, 1995AN....316...91K). To construct the compiled catalogue, we used also astrometric data published by Van Schewick (1962VeUSB..62....1V), Kamp (1974A&AS...16....1K), Tucholke et al. (1986A&AS...66..311T), Bastian and Roeser (1993, Cat. <I/193>), Roeser (1996, in "An updated GSC as the astrometric reference for minor planet observations", Kluwer Dordrecht, p. 481.), Hillenbrand et al. (1993, Cat. <J/AJ/106/1906>), and photometry published by Walker (1961ApJ...133..438W), Hoag et al. (1961PUSNO..17..343H), Hiltner and Morgan (1969AJ.....74.1152H), Sagar and Joshi (1979Ap&SS..66....3S), The et al (1990A&AS...82..319T), Hillenbrand et al. (1993, Cat. <J/AJ/106/1906>) as it described by Belikov et al. (1998, A&A, in press, this paper, 1999A&AS..134..525B). The catalogue contains 2185 stars up to the limiting magnitudes V=16.78mag. It includes equatorial (equinox 2000.0 and epoch 1990.77) and rectangular coordinates, absolute proper motions with respect to the Hipparcos proper motion system, photometric data (results of UBV, HJK photometry and color excess) and cluster membership probabilities. X - and Y - directions correspond to right ascension and declination directions. The rms errors of right ascension and declination are 0.008sec and 0.14arcsec, respectively. The individual rms errors of proper motions and V-magnitudes are given in the catalogue. The membership probabilities of the cluster stars belonging to the core and corona were determined using information both on spatial and proper motion distributions of stars in the field.
2358. NGC 6819 3D members
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/15.2193
Title:
NGC 6819 3D members
Short Name:
J/other/RAA/15.2
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
In order to obtain clean members of the open cluster NGC 6819, the proper motions and radial velocities of 1691 stars are used to construct a three-dimensional (3D) velocity space. Based on the DBSCAN clustering algorithm, 537 3D cluster members are obtained. From the 537 3D cluster members, the average radial velocity and absolute proper motion of the cluster are Vr=+2.30+/-0.04km/s and (PMRA, PMDE)=(-2.5+/-0.5, -4.3+/-0.5)mas/yr, respectively. The proper motions, radial velocities, spatial positions and color-magnitude diagram of the 537 3D members indicate that our membership determination is effective. Among the 537 3D cluster members, 15 red clump giants can be easily identified by eye and are used as reliable standard candles for the distance estimate of the cluster. The distance modulus of the cluster is determined to be (m-M)0=11.86+/-0.05mag (2355+/-54pc), which is quite consistent with published values. The uncertainty of our distance modulus is dominated by the intrinsic dispersion in the luminosities of red clump giants (~0.04mag).
2359. NGC 6802 dwarf cluster members and non-members
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/601/A56
Title:
NGC 6802 dwarf cluster members and non-members
Short Name:
J/A+A/601/A56
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Milky Way open clusters are very diverse in terms of age, chemical composition, and kinematic properties. Intermediate-age and old open clusters are less common, and it is even harder to find them inside the solar Galactocentric radius, due to the high mortality rate and strong extinction inside this region. NGC 6802 is one of the inner disk open clusters (IOCs) observed by the $Gaia$-ESO survey (GES). This cluster is an important target for calibrating the abundances derived in the survey due to the kinematic and chemical homogeneity of the cluster members in open clusters. Using the measurements from $Gaia$-ESO internal data release 4 (iDR4), we identify 95 dwarf main-sequence stars as cluster members from the GIRAFFE target list, and 8 red giants as cluster members from the UVES target list. The dwarf cluster members have a median radial velocity of 13.6+/-1.9km/s, while the giant cluster members have a median radial velocity of 12.0+/-0.9km/s and a median [Fe/H] of 0.10+/-0.02dex. The color-magnitude diagram of these cluster members suggests an age of $0.9+/-0.1Gyr, with (m-M)_0_=11.4 and E(B-V)=0.86. We perform the first chemical abundance analysis of NGC 6802, including 27 element species. To gain a more general picture about IOCs, the measurements of NGC6802 are compared with those of other IOCs previously studied by GES, i.e., NGC 4815, Trumpler 20, NGC 6705, and Berkeley 81. NGC 6802 shows similar C, N, Na, and Al abundances as other IOCs. The abundance versus cluster turn-off mass for these elements in the five GES IOCs cannot firmly exclude any one of the competing nucleosynthetic models, including: standard models; models with rotation induced mixing and/or thermohaline mixing. The five GES IOCs, particularly NGC 6802, seem to have higher s-process element abundances than that of the inner disk field stars.
2360. NGC1316 (Fornax A) g'r'i' photometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/461/4260
Title:
NGC1316 (Fornax A) g'r'i' photometry
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/461/4260
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This paper presents Gemini-gri' high-quality photometry for cluster candidates in the field of NGC 1316 (Fornax A) as part of a study that also includes GMOS spectroscopy. A preliminary discussion of the photometric data indicates the presence of four stellar cluster populations with distinctive features in terms of age, chemical abundance and spatial distribution. Two of them seem to be the usually old (metal poor and metal rich) populations typically found in elliptical galaxies. In turn, an intermediate-age (5 Gyr) globular cluster population is the dominant component of the sample (as reported by previous papers). We also find a younger cluster population with a tentative age of ~=1Gyr.