Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994pasp..106..281d&link_type=abstract
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 106, no. 697, p. 281-308
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
70
Astronomical Photometry, Binary Stars, Open Clusters, Radial Velocity, Chromosphere, Color-Magnitude Diagram, Galactic Evolution, Lithium, Red Giant Stars, Stellar Evolution
Scientific paper
Using all available proper-motion and radial-velocity data, including new radial-velocity observations obtained for this investigation, probable members of the open cluster NGC 752 have been identified. Photoelectric data on six systems have been transformed and collated to form an internally consistent sample on the BV system. Binaries have been identified using photometric and radial-velocity data, including a photographic survey for variability and the radial-velocity observations of this study. Analysis of the data leads to the following cluster parameters and their probable errors: E(B - V) = 0.035 plus or minus 0.005 mag, Fe/H = -0.15 plus or minus 0.05 dex, and (m - M) = 8.25 plus or minus 0.10 mag. The spread in color among stars in the color-magnitude diagram (cmd) along the main sequence from the turnoff to the unevolved main sequence is the consequence of a rich population of binaries. Due to its age and the comprehensive data available for the cluster, NGC 752 provides an ideal test of a variety of evolutionary phenomena. Comparison with theoretical isochrones normalized in an internally consistent manner leads to the conclusion that the morphology and distribution of stars in the cmd can best be matched using models that include convective overshoot, particularly those of Schaller et al. (1992, A&AS, 96, 269). Despite their differences, the traditional and the overshoot isochrones both imply very similar ages, 1.9 plus or minus 0.2 Gyr and 1.7 plus or minus 0.1 Gyr, respectively, for the cluster. The Li abundances for the giants confirm that the giant branch is dominated by clump stars and first-ascent giants below the luminosity of the clump. The position and size of the Li dip among the main-sequence stars, compared to the Hyades, is readily explained by stellar evolution with convective overshoot. It is predicted that among turnoff stars in the intermediate-age range Li will cease to be a unique function of age at a given color. Chromospheric flux is shown to be a well-defined function of color for single, unevolved stars, identical to that found for the Hyades, and the relation for NGC 752 falls within the Vaughan-Preston gap. However, the slope of the relation requires that increasing color implies increasing age for the bluer portion of the weak-emission boundary. The combined effect of small samples, random errors, emission limits, a possible selection bias in favor of turnoff stars, and metallicity corrections is to render highly questionable any interpretation of time-variable star formation within the Galaxy based upon chromospheric ages.
Daniel Scott A.
Latham David W.
Mathieu Robert D.
Twarog Bruce A.
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