A DEEP UBVRI CCD PHOTOMETRY OF SIX OPEN STAR CLUSTERS IN THE GALACTIC ANTICENTER REGION

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

S. Lata (Author) Other; A.K. Pandey (Author) Other; B. Kumar (Author) Other; H. Bhatt (Author) Other; G. Pace (Author) FCUP; S. Sharma (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Astronomical Journal

Vol. 139 No. 2

Pages: 378-389

ISSN: 0004-6256

Publisher: American Astronomical Society

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Abstract (EN): We present deep UBVRI CCD photometry of six open star clusters situated in the Galactic anticenter region (l similar to 120-200 degrees). The sample includes three unstudied (Be 6, Be 77, King 17) and three partly studied open clusters (Be 9, NGC 2186, and NGC 2304). The fundamental parameters have been determined by comparing color-color and color-magnitude diagrams with the theoretical models. The structural parameters and morphology of the clusters were discussed on the basis of radial density profiles and isodensity contours, respectively. The isodensity contours show that all the clusters have asymmetric shapes. An investigation of structural parameters indicates that the evolution of core and corona of the clusters is mainly controlled by internal relaxation processes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific