- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RMxAA/39.89
- Title:
- UBVRI and polarisation in Lynga 1
- Short Name:
- J/other/RMxAA/39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present CCD UBVRI (Cousins system) photometric observations complemented with spectroscopy and polarimetric observations that were carried out in the open cluster Lynga 1. Our data indicate that the cluster reddening is E_B-V_=0.45+/-0.03, the ratio A_v_/E_B-V_=R suggests that the extinction law may be slightly anomalous (R~3.5) and that the cluster distance modulus is V_0_-M_v=11.40+/-0.2. The age of Lynga 1 is between 100 and 125Myr according to a fitting of theoretical isochrones, and the slope of its mass spectrum is x~1.7. The brightest red star in the field is a cluster member of spectral type K2 II-Ib.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/214
- Title:
- UBVRI linear polarisation in Wolf-Rayet winds
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/214
- Date:
- 09 Dec 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars have strong, hot winds, with mass-loss rates at least a factor of 10 greater than their O-star progenitors, although their terminal wind speeds are similar. In this paper, we use the technique of multiband linear polarimetry to extract information on the global asymmetry of the wind in a sample of 47 bright Galactic WR stars. Our observations also include time-dependent observations of 17 stars in the sample. The path to our goal includes removing the dominating component of wavelength-dependent InterStellar Polarization (ISP), which normally follows the well-known Serkowski law. We include a wavelength-dependent ISP position angle parameter in our ISP law and find that 15 stars show significant results for this parameter. We detect a significant component of wavelength-independent polarization due to electron scattering in the wind for 10 cases, with most WR stars showing none at the ~0.05% level precision of our data. The intrinsically polarized stars can be explained with binary interaction, large-scale wind structure, and clumping. We also found that 5 stars out of 19 observed with the Stromgren b filter (probing the complex {lambda}4600-4700{AA} emission-line region) have significant residuals from the ISP law and propose that this is due to wind asymmetries. We provide a useful catalog of ISP for 47 bright Galactic WR stars and upper limits on the possible level of intrinsic polarization.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/448/1075
- Title:
- UBVRI photometry and polarimetry of DF Tau
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/448/1075
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results of multi-year photometric and polarimetric observations of the young binary system DF Tau in UBVRI bands as well as bispectrum speckle interferometric observations in the H and K bands are presented. The photometric and polarimetric observations suggest the linear poarization variation has substantially a stochastic character.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/764/172
- Title:
- UBVRI photometry of stars toward NGC 1931
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/764/172
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical photometric and polarimetric observations of stars toward NGC 1931 with the aim of deriving cluster parameters such as distance, reddening, age, and luminosity/mass function as well as understanding dust properties and star formation in the region. The distance to the cluster is found to be 2.3+/-0.3kpc and the reddening E(B-V) in the region is found to be variable. The stellar density contours reveal two clusters in the region. The observations suggest a differing reddening law within the cluster region. Polarization efficiency of the dust grains toward the direction of the cluster is found to be less than that for the general diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The slope of the mass function (-0.98+/-0.22) in the southern region in the mass range of 0.8<M/M_{sun}_<9.8 is found to be shallower in comparison to that in the northern region (-1.26+/-0.23), which is comparable to the Salpeter value (-1.35). The K-band luminosity function (KLF) of the region is found to be comparable to the average value of the slope (~0.4) for young clusters obtained by Lada & Lada (2003ARA&A..41...57L); however, the slope of the KLF is steeper in the northern region as compared to the southern region. The region is probably ionized by two B2 main-sequence-type stars. The mean age of the young stellar objects (YSOs) is found to be 2+/-1Myr, which suggests that the identified YSOs could be younger than the ionizing sources of the region. The morphology of the region, the distribution and ages of the YSOs, and ionizing sources indicate a triggered star formation in the region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/144/195
- Title:
- UBVRI polarimetric observations in NGC 6611
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/144/195
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An investigation on dust properties in the NW portion of NGC 6611 has been conducted polarimetrically to test the existence of abnormal extinction in that section of the open cluster in an independent way. As previously suggested for the {eta} Carinae nebula by Tapia et al. (1988, in Conference on Dust in the Universe, Bailey M.E. and Williams D.A. (eds.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p.19) and subsequently confirmed by Marraco et al. (1993), the canonical relation between E_V-K_/E_B-V_ and {lambda}_max_ (the wavelength of maximum interstellar polarization) is not valid for stars belonging to dusty HII regions, as is the case for the observed portion of M 16. This may arise mainly from the presence of silicate grains of a slightly larger size than the standard ISM and also from a considerable increase in mean graphite grain size, according to previous results from Chini & Wargau (1990A&A...227..213C). About 50% of the observed stars in NGC 6611 present indications of intrinsic polarization in their measurements; a similar percentage was found in IC 2944 (Vega et al., 1994AJ....108.1834V), another young open cluster in close relation with an HII region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/454/277
- Title:
- UBVRI polarimetry of SX Cas
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/454/277
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We perform a study of the structure, density, and distribution of ionized circumstellar gas in the strongly interacting binary SX Cas. We apply our new model codes for electron scattering in circumstellar matter to analyze a previously unpublished, extensive linear polarization data set for SX Cas, collected during four successive observing periods in 1981-84 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. These data are complemented by our polarization observations carried out in 2000 and 2005 with the KVA-60 telescope at La Palma.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/462/621
- Title:
- UBVRI polarisation in NGC 5749
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/462/621
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present (UBVRI) multicolor linear polarimetric data for 31 of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster NGC 5749 considered to study the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) towards the cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/471/165
- Title:
- UBVRI polarisation in NGC 5606
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/471/165
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present polarimetric observations in the UBVRI bands corresponding to 54 stars located in the direction of NGC 5606. Our intention is to analyze the dust characteristics between the Sun and the cluster, as well as to confirm doubtful memberships using polarimetric tools. We also want to determine if a group of 11 B and A stars identified in the past by Vazquez & Feinstein (1991A&AS...87..383V) in front of NGC 5606 has any physical entity. From polarimetric data we have found at least two dust layers along the line of sight to the open cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/409/933
- Title:
- UBVRI polarization in Stock 16
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/409/933
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present (UBVRI) multicolor linear polarimetric data for 26 of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster Stock 16 that were considered to study the properties of the ISM (interstellar medium) towards the cluster. Our data yield a mean polarization percentage of P~2.5%, close to the polarization value produced by the ISM with normal efficiency (P_{lambda}_max_~5E_B-V_) undergoing a color excess of E_B-V_=0.51. The mean angle of the polarization vectors, {theta}=74.9deg, agrees quite well with the expected angle produced by dust particles aligned in the direction of the galactic disk (and the magnetic field) in the region. A study of the extinction suffered by the stars in the zone was also performed combining our new data with previous photometric data. In this sense, our analysis indicates that the visual absorption affecting Stock 16 stars is mainly produced in front of the cluster by a dust cloud at approximately 500 pc from the sun. The large polarization value of the non-member star, WR 51, confirms its background star nature.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/102/343
- Title:
- UBVRI polarization of RS CVn-type binaries
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/102/343
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
