Ultraviolet and X-ray observations of NGC 2264

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Chromosphere, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Star Clusters, Ultraviolet Astronomy, X Ray Sources, Color-Magnitude Diagram, F Stars, Iue, Open Clusters, Stellar Spectra, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

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Pre-main-sequence stars in the galactic cluster NGC 2264 were observed with the IUE to search for ultraviolet chromospheric and transition region emission lines and with the Einstein Observatory to search for coronal X-ray emission. Fifteen cluster members (and four other stars) of spectral type B - K, ranging in age from 106 to 107yr, were observed in the ultraviolet. Chromospheric emission was detected in the faint Hα emission-line star W79 (NX Mon). The observations are consistent with the generally accepted idea that chromospheric activity of late-type stars subsides with age, but they are subject to uncertainties in circumstellar and interstellar extinction. Seven luminous X-ray sources (log Lx ⪆ 31.4) were found. Except for W189 and W107, the likely optical counterparts of the X-ray sources are inconspicuous stars fainter than 14th visual magnitude.

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