A pair of reddened young star clusters in Centaurus northern sample
Fecha
2004Materia
Abstract
Photometry in the BVI and JHK bands is presented for the first time for the southern open clusters Danks 1 and 2, located in the Centaurus region. They are relatively rich and compact, and projected at approximately 4 arcmin from each other. The clusters are very reddened, with AV = 8.1 ± 0.45 and 9.3 ± 0.6, respectively. They are young clusters, with ages of approximately 10 Myr, and may be related to the 305◦ HII region complex in the area. Distances from the Sun of d̛ ≈ 3.6 ± 0.5 and 3.4 ± 0 ...
Photometry in the BVI and JHK bands is presented for the first time for the southern open clusters Danks 1 and 2, located in the Centaurus region. They are relatively rich and compact, and projected at approximately 4 arcmin from each other. The clusters are very reddened, with AV = 8.1 ± 0.45 and 9.3 ± 0.6, respectively. They are young clusters, with ages of approximately 10 Myr, and may be related to the 305◦ HII region complex in the area. Distances from the Sun of d̛ ≈ 3.6 ± 0.5 and 3.4 ± 0.2 kpc are derived for Danks 1 and 2. They might form a physical cluster pair. ...
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Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford. Vol. 352, no. 1 (Jul. 2004), p. 226-232
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