UBV, DDO and Washington photometric study of late-type evolved stars in the open cluster NGC 2447: membership and chemical composition

UBV, DDO and Washington photometric data for 14 red giant candidates of the open cluster NGC 2447 are presented. Membership results emerging from the application of two photometric criteria are in excellent agreement with those derived from published Coravel radial velocities. A mean cluster reddeni...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Claria Olmedo, Juan Jose, Piatti, Andres Eduardo, Lapasset Gomar, Emilio, Parisi, Maria Celeste
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/21053
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/21053
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:UBV, DDO and Washington photometric data for 14 red giant candidates of the open cluster NGC 2447 are presented. Membership results emerging from the application of two photometric criteria are in excellent agreement with those derived from published Coravel radial velocities. A mean cluster reddening E(B-V) = 0.05 + 0.04 is derived. Both the ultraviolet excesses and the cyanogen anomalies of the cluster giants imply [Fe/H] approximately -0.1. Five Washington abundance indicators yield a mean cluster metallicity of Fe/H]_W = -0.09 + 0.06, thus confirming NGC 2447 to be a slightly metal-poor open cluster.