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| Author(s): |
Fitzgerald, M. T.
[1, 2]
;
Inwood, L.
[3]
;
McKinnon, D. H.
[2]
;
Dias, W. S.
[4, 5]
;
Sacchi, M.
[6]
;
Scott, B.
[7]
;
Zolinski, M.
[7]
;
Danaia, L.
[6]
;
Edwards, R.
[7]
Total Authors: 9
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Macquarie Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Sydney, NSW 2109 - Australia
[2] Edith Cowan Univ, Sch Educ, Joondalup, WA - Australia
[3] Denison Coll, Melbourne, Vic - Australia
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Astron Geofis & Ciencias Atmosfer, BR-05508 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Itajuba, UNIFEI, Inst Fis & Quim, Itajuba, MG - Brazil
[6] Charles Sturt Univ, Sch Teacher Educ, Bathurst, NSW 2795 - Australia
[7] West Kildonan Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB - Canada
Total Affiliations: 7
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL; v. 149, n. 6 JUN 2015. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
| Abstract | |
Optical UBVRI photometric measurements using the Faulkes Telescope North were taken in early 2011 and combined with 2MASS JHK(s) and WISE infrared photometry as well as UCAC4 proper motion data in order to estimate the main parameters of the galactic open cluster NGC 2215 of which large uncertainty exists in the current literature. Fitting a King model we estimate a core radius of 1'.12 +/- 0'.04 (0.24 +/- 0.01 pc) and a limiting radius of 4'.3 +/- 0'.5 (0.94 +/- 0.11 pc) for the cluster. The results of isochrone fits indicates an age of log(t) = 8.85 +/- 0.10 with a distance of d = 790 +/- 90 pc, a metallicity of {[}Fe H] = -0.40 +/- 0.10 dex, and a reddening of E (B-V) = 0.26 +/- 0.04. A proportion of the work in this study was undertaken by Australian and Canadian upper secondary school students involved in the Space to Grow astronomy education project, and is the first scientific publication to have utilized our star cluster photometry curriculum materials. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/01115-6 - A study of the galactic structure by means of open clusters |
| Grantee: | Jacques Raymond Daniel Lépine |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - Brazil |