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Fundamental Parameters of the Open Cluster Kronberger

Sujatha S., Krishna Kumar K., Komala S.

Acta Astronomica

2016

Vol. 66, No. 3

333--345

In this paper, we present the fundamental physical parameters and the present-day mass function of the open cluster Kronberger 1. The cluster radius is estimated to be 3′ and the interstellar extinction E(B-V) in the line-of-sight of the cluster is found to be 0.45±0.05 mag. This cluster is located in the direction of Auriga constellation at a distance of 2.5±0.2 kpc. From the appropriate theoretical isochrones, the log(age) of the cluster is found to be 7.65. The mass function slope for Kronberger 1 is derived for the first time and it is estimated to be α = 2.72±0.2 which is in agreement with the slope of α = 2.35 given by Salpeter. Similar results are obtained from a near infrared study performed using data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey thus substantiating the results obtained from the optical analysis. These results indicate that Kronberger 1 is a suitable object for mapping the spiral arm structure of our Galaxy and for understanding the behavior of mass function in the Galactic disk.

Optical and Near Infrared Study of the Open Cluster Czernik 17

Sujatha S., Krishna K. K., Komala S., Babu G. S. D.

Acta Astronomica

2015

Vol. 65, No. 3

283--295

In this paper we present the fundamental physical parameters of the poorly studied open cluster Czernik 17. The parameters have been derived from the UBVRI CCD photometric observations obtained with the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope as well as using data taken from the Two-Micron All Sky Survey. This cluster is located in the direction of Camelopardalis constellation with a radial extent of 4' and is estimated to be at a distance of 7 ± 0.5 kpc. The interstellar extinction in the line of sight of the cluster is found to be E(B-V) = 0.72 ± 0.05 mag. Based on the evolutionary stage of the evolved stars the log(age) of the cluster is found to be 8.05 to 8.1 making it a relatively young cluster which can be considered as a spiral arm tracer of the outer arm. We have constructed the luminosity function for the stars within the adopted cluster radius which shows the common trend of the number of stars increasing toward the fainter magnitudes. We also find the presence of Böhm-Vitense gaps in the main-sequence branch of the color-magnitude diagrams of this cluster which may be attributed to surface convection which has the effect of making the stars redder although the luminosity remains unchanged.