Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 122, Number 1, April I 1997
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Page(s) | 111 - 121 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1997296 | |
Published online | 15 April 1997 |
Stellar contents of the open clusters Be 64 and Be 69*
1
Uttar Pradesh State Observatory, Manora peak, Naini Tal, 263129, India
2
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India
Send offprint request to: A.K. Pandey
Received:
12
January
1996
Accepted:
3
July
1996
We present UBVRI CCD photometry for previously
unstudied open clusters (Be 64 and Be 69). Photometry has also been carried
out for nearby fields to correct for the effects of field stars contamination.
From the colour-colour diagram the reddening for Be 64 and Be 69 is estimated
to be ~ 1.05 mag and ~ 0.65 mag respectively. In case of Be 69 the
comparison of observational colour - magnitude diagram (CMD) with the standard
isochrones of VandenBerg (1985) indicates an apparent discrepancy
between the shape of the turnoff and isochrones. The morphological features of the
CMDs of Be 69 are better understood in terms of convective overshooting. The
comparison of CMDs of both the clusters with the convective overshoot models
(Bertelli et al. 1994) produces a good fit for a metallicity
and age
. An apparent distance modulus
and
14.3 has been estimated for Be 64 and Be 69, respectively, which corresponds to a
distance of
and
, respectively.
Key words: open clusters: Be 64; Be 69 / HR diagram
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1997