A deep wide-field optical survey in the young open cluster Collinder 359

Details A deep wide-field optical survey in the young open cluster Collinder 359 A deep wide-field optical survey in the young open cluster Collinder 359

2006-01-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601170v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables, Table 4 only available in electronic format, accepted for publication in A&A on 30 Dec 2005

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20054105

We present the first deep, optical, wide-field imaging survey of the young open cluster Collinder 359, complemented by near-infrared follow-up observations. This study is part of a large programme aimed at examining the dependence of the mass function on environment and time. We have surveyed 1.6 square degrees in the cluster, in the I and z filters, with the CFH12K camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6-m telescope down to completeness and detection limits in both filters of 22.0 and 24.0 mag, respectively. Based on their location in the optical (I-z,I) colour-magnitude diagram, we have extracted new cluster member candidates in Collinder 359 spanning 1.3-0.03 Msun assuming an age of 60 Myr and a distance of 450 pc for the cluster. We have used the 2MASS database as well as our own near-infrared photometry to examine the membership status of the optically-selected cluster candidates. Comparison of the location of the most massive members in Collinder 359 in a (B-V,V) diagram with theoretical isochrones suggests that Collinder 359 is older than Alpha Per but younger than the Pleiades. We discuss the possible relationship between Collinder 359 and IC 4665 as both clusters harbour similar parameters, including proper motion, distance, and age.

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