CCD BV and 2MASS photometric study of the open cluster NGC 1513
- Author(s)
- Selcuk Bilir, Tolga Guver, Irek M. Khamitov, Tansel Ak, Serap Ak, Ernst Paunzen, K.B. Coşkunoğlu, E. Yaz
- Abstract
We present CCD BV and JHK s 2MASS photometric data for the open cluster NGC 1513. We observed 609 stars in the direction of the cluster up to a limiting magnitude of V∼19 mag. The star-count method showed that the centre of the cluster lies at α 2000=04h09m36s, δ 2000=49°28′43″ and its angular size is r=10 arcmin. The optical and near-infrared two-colour diagrams revealed the colour excesses in the direction of the cluster as E(B−V)=0.68±0.06, E(J−H)=0.21±0.02 and E(J−K s )=0.33±0.04 mag. These results are consistent with normal interstellar extinction values. Optical and near-infrared Zero Age Main-Sequences (ZAMS) provided an average distance modulus of (m−M)0=10.80±0.13 mag, which can be translated into a distance of 1440±80 pc. Finally, using Padova isochrones we determined the metallicity and age of the cluster as Z=0.015±0.004 ([M/H]=−0.10±0.10 dex) and log (t/yr)=8.40±0.04, respectively.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Istanbul University, University of Arizona, TUBITAK National Observatory
- Journal
- Astrophysics and Space Science
- Volume
- 326
- Pages
- 139-150
- No. of pages
- 12
- ISSN
- 0004-640X
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-009-0233-1
- Publication date
- 03-2010
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 1030 Physics, Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ce7600d2-43be-4863-96cb-079e0ec84d58