The embedded star clysters in the nebulae vdB-RN 92 and Gy 3-7 in Canis Majoris R1
We employed J, H and Ks photometry from the 2MASS Point Source Catalogue to study the embedded star clusters in the nebulae vdB-RN 92 and Gy 3–7, which are located in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1. We employed colourcolour and colour-magnitudes diagrams together with theoretical pre-main sequ...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFRGS |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/108024 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/108024 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Galaxia Formacao de estrelas Evolucao estelar Fotometria estelar Galaxy Open clusters and associations Gy 3–7, vdB-RN 92 |
| Sumario: | We employed J, H and Ks photometry from the 2MASS Point Source Catalogue to study the embedded star clusters in the nebulae vdB-RN 92 and Gy 3–7, which are located in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1. We employed colourcolour and colour-magnitudes diagrams together with theoretical pre-main sequence isochrones to derive their fundamental parameters. Ages are based on the fraction of stars with anomalous colours, supposedly of types Herbig AeBe and T Tauri. The vdB-RN 92 cluster has an age of 5–7 Myr and the Gy 3–7 cluster ≈2 Myr. The average reddening values are AV = 4.4 and AV = 6.3, respectively for vdB-RN 92 and Gy 3–7. The distance found for vdB-RN 92 was 1.5 kpc which is, within uncertainties, compatible with previous estimates for the complex. Gy 3–7 also appears to be related to the CMaR1 complex. We conclude that CMaR1 is a very active star-forming site, now with four star clusters in early evolutionary stages. |
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