Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-03-09
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 667
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07814.x
We present the $UBVRI$ CCD photometry in the region of the open cluster NGC 2421. Radius of the cluster is determined as $\sim$ 3$^\prime$.0 using stellar density profile. Our Study indicates that metallicity of the cluster is $Z \sim$ 0.004. The reddening $E(B-V) = 0.42\pm$0.05 mag is determined using two colour $(U-B)$ versus $(B-V)$ diagram. By combining the 2MASS $JHK$ data with the optical data we determined $E(J-K) = 0.20\pm$0.20 mag and $E(V-K) = 1.15\pm$0.20 mag for this cluster. Colour-excess diagrams show normal interstellar extinction law in the direction of the cluster. We determined the distance of the cluster as 2.2$\pm$0.2 Kpc by comparing the ZAMS with the intrinsic CM diagram of the cluster. The age of the cluster has been estimated as 80$\pm$20 Myr using the stellar isochrones of metallicity $Z = 0.004$. The mass function slope $x = 1.2\pm0.3$ has been derived by applying the corrections of field stars contamination and data incompleteness. Our analysis indicate that the cluster NGC 2421 is dynamically relaxed.
Sagar Ram
Yadav R. K. S.
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