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WIYN Open Cluster Study. II. UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 188
The Astronomical Journal
  • Ata Sarajedini, Wesleyan University
  • Ted von Hippel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Vera Kozhurina-Platais, Yale University
  • Pierre Demarque, Yale University
Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Physical Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1999
Abstract/Description

We present high-precision UBVRI CCD photometry of the old open cluster NGC 188. Our color-magnitude diagram extends from near the red giant branch tip to as faint as ~5 mag below the main-sequence turnoff. From an analysis of these data along with published photometry for M67, we draw the following conclusions: (1) From the UBV two-color diagram, we find a reddening of E(B ̶ V) = 0.04 ± 0.02 for M67 and E(B ̶ V) = 0.09 ± 0.02 for NGC 188. (2) Based on main-sequence fitting to solar abundance isochrones, the distance moduli turn out to be (m - M)v = 9.69 ± 0.11 for M67 and (m - M)v = 11.44 ± 0.08 for NGC 188. (3) The comparison of the CMDs to theoretical isochrones indicates that an amount of core convective overshoot equivalent to 0.10 of a pressure scale height is appropriate for M67, while no overshoot is required to fit the CMD of NGC 188. These isochrones suggest that NGC 188 is 3.0 ± 0.7 Gyr older than M67. (4) There is a clear indication of mass segregation in both M67 and NGC 188, with the most massive stars (M/M⊙ > 1.1) being more centrally concentrated than those that are the least massive (0.8 ≥ M/M⊙ > 0.65).

Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc.
Grant or Award Name
NASA grant number HF-01077.01-94A, National Science Foundation grant AST 98-19768
Citation Information
Ata Sarajedini, Ted von Hippel, Vera Kozhurina-Platais and Pierre Demarque. "WIYN Open Cluster Study. II. UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 188" The Astronomical Journal Vol. 188 Iss. 6 (1999) p. 2894 - 2907
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ted-vonhippel/27/