A Deep X-Ray Image of IC 2391

Details A Deep X-Ray Image of IC 2391 A Deep X-Ray Image of IC 2391

Mar 1998

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The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 110, Issue 745, pp. 283-290.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Open Clusters And Associations: Individual: Ic 2391, X-Rays: Stars

Scientific paper

A 56 ks soft X-ray image of the IC 2391 star cluster has been acquired with the ROSAT High Resolution Imager, resulting in the detection of 34 sources above a 3 sigma detection level of L_X~=4x10^28 ergs s^-1. We report source coordinates and fluxes plus identifications and broadband BVRI photometry for optical counterparts to each source. We compare these results with X-ray source fluxes from a ROSAT PSPC image of the same region, which we obtained 2 yr earlier. The largest change in X-ray brightness for any of the known or suspected G, K, and M cluster members is 0.43 dex, i.e., a factor of ~3. Given this modest amplitude in X-ray variability, we conclude that the broad (factor of 20) dispersion in X-ray luminosities within IC 2391 is unrelated to short- or intermediate-term cycles of the stellar dynamo. We further show that the effects of source confusion on the PSPC X-ray luminosity function, for distance scales of 5"-30", are relatively small and are thus negligible for the purpose of comparing IC 2391 with older clusters and for studying the evolution of coronal X-ray emission in solar-type stars. The greater part of the observed scatter in X-ray luminosity within IC 2391 still awaits explanation.

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