The old open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 (Berkeley 34)

BV photometry of the faint open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 are studied. For these clusters no colour–magnitude analyses were previously available. The colour–magnitude Diagrams indicate that they are all old open clusters. The derived ages are ∼4 Gyr for Berkeley 36, and ∼2.3...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Barbuy, Beatriz, Bica, Eduardo Luiz Damiani, Ortolani, Sergio, Zoccali, Manuela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
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:10183/98863
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/98863
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Galaxia
Aglomerados estelares
Evolucao estelar
Fotometria estelar
Evolução
Astrofísica
Galaxy: open clusters and associations: individual: Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73, Biurakan 13
Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) and C-M
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Sumario:BV photometry of the faint open clusters Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13 are studied. For these clusters no colour–magnitude analyses were previously available. The colour–magnitude Diagrams indicate that they are all old open clusters. The derived ages are ∼4 Gyr for Berkeley 36, and ∼2.3 Gyr for both Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13. The clusters are not very reddened, with E(B − V) = 0.25, 0.10 and 0.30 respectively for Berkeley 36, Berkeley 73 and Biurakan 13. Berkeley 36 and Berkeley 73 are located at a distance from the Galactic center of ∼10 kpc, while Biurakan 13 is much farther, at 15 kpc. A peak in the age distribution appears at 5 Gyr suggesting a distinct star forming event in the disk.