NGC 1245 - an intermediate age open cluster

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  • Annapurni Subramaniam
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The B,V CCD photometry of 916 stars in the field of the high galactic latitude intermediate age open cluster NGC 1245 is presented. The cluster parameters were estimated with the help of V vs (B−V) colour magnitude diagram (CMD). After correcting for intra-cluster reddening, the mean redding towards the cluster was found to be 0.29±0.05 mag, with a distance modulus (m−M)0 equal to 12.4±0.3 mag. The cluster is found to be located at a distance of 3 Kpc. The isochrone fits using Girardi et al. (2000) isochrones to the cluster CMD estimated an age of 890±100 Myr. The synthetic CMDs obtained using Girardi et al. (2000) models incorporating photometric errors and 10% binary stars estimated an age of 1 Gyr for the cluster. The luminosity function (LF) of the main-sequence shows dips, which might arise due to some known gaps in the main-sequence, including the Bohm-Vitense gap. The LF and integrated LF computed from the observed CMD is compared with those computed from the synthetic CMDs for five values of the mass function. The estimation of the present day mass function indicates a flatter value compared to the Salpeter value, though an accurate estimation is not possible due to the large dips found in the LF. The apparent paucity of brighter stars seen near the cluster center is estimated to have a statistical significance of 2 σ.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008