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Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aj....132.2309r&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 132, Issue 6, pp. 2309-2317.
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Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Open Clusters And Associations: Individual (Ngc 7086), Stars: Planetary Systems, Stars: Variables: Other
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In an attempt to discover short-period, Jupiter-mass planets orbiting solar-type stars in open clusters, we searched for planetary transits in the populous and relatively unstudied open cluster NGC 7086. A color-magnitude diagram constructed from new B and V photometry is presented, along with revised estimates of the cluster's color excess, distance modulus, and age. Several turnoff stars were observed spectroscopically in order to determine a color excess of E(B-V)=0.83+/-0.02. Empirically fitting the main sequences of two young open clusters and the semiempirical zero-age main sequence of Vandenberg and Poll yielded a distance modulus of (V-MV)=13.4+/-0.3 mag. This corresponds to a true distance modulus of (m-M)0=10.8 mag or a distance of 1.5 kpc to NGC 7086. These values were used with isochrones from the Padova group to obtain a cluster age of 100 Myr. Eleven nights of R-band photometry were used to search for planetary transits. Differential magnitudes were constructed for each star in the cluster. Light curves for each star were produced on a night-to-night basis and inspected for variability. No planetary transits were apparent; however, some interesting variable stars were discovered: a pulsating variable that appears to be a member of the γ Dor class and four possible eclipsing binary stars, one of which actually may be a multiple system.
Robb Russell
Rosvick Joanne M.
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