CCD photometry of the galactic star clusters Be 15, Be 71 and King 1

Lata, Sneh ; Mohan, V. ; Sagar, R. (2004) CCD photometry of the galactic star clusters Be 15, Be 71 and King 1 Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 32 (4). pp. 371-383. ISSN 0304-9523

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Abstract

We present UBV RI CCD photometry of three open star clusters Be 15, Be 71 and King 1 for the fist time. Base on these data, optical colour magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for the stars in the clusters down to V = 22 mag are studied. There are 1408, 1887 and 2485 stars located in the regions of Be 15, Be 71 and King 1 respectively. We also provide estimates of their fundamental parameters such as radius, reddening, distance and age. The radius values for the clusters Be 15, Be 71 and King 1 are 4.5, 3.0 and 4.0 arcmin respectively. The corresponding distances are 3.0±0.3, 3.9±0.4 and 1.9± 0.2 kpc respectively while the ages are log (age)=8.5±0.1, 8.8 ±0.1 and 9.2±0.1 respectively. The red giant clump is clearly visible in the CMDs of cluster King 1.

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Keywords:Open Clusters: Be 15; Be 71 and King 1; Colour-magnitude Diagram
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Deposited On:17 Oct 2011 03:43
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