Near-infrared photometry of the intermediate age open clusters IC 166 and NGC 7789

dc.creatorVallenari, Antonella
dc.creatorCarraro, Giovanni
dc.creatorRichichi, Andrea
dc.date1999-10-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:34:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:34:02Z
dc.descriptionWe present and discuss new photometric data obtained with an IR camera in the J and K pass-bands for the intermediate age open clusters IC 166 (936 stars in total) and NGC 7789 (1030 stars in total). Ic 166 is a poorly studied open cluster for which no IR data was availabele previoulsy, while NGC 7789 is a well studied open cluster. We show that IC 166 is of intermediate age (about 1.0 Gyr), whit a reddening E(V-K) =1.3 (corresponding to E(B-V) = 0.50) and a true distance modulus (m-M)o = 13.25. These values are significantly different from previous determinations. NGC 7789 is found to be a 1.4 Gyr old open cluster. The metallicity derived with the method developed by Tiede et al (1997) is found to be closer to the spectroscopic estimate than previous photometric studies.
dc.description8 pages, 10 figures, to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910445
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910445
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/15084
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleNear-infrared photometry of the intermediate age open clusters IC 166 and NGC 7789
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