Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-05-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 8 eps figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020794
We present UBV CCD observations obtained in the field of the northern open cluster NGC 1220, for which little information is available. We provide also BV CCD photometry of a field 5$^{\prime}$ northward of NGC 1220 to take into account field star contamination. We argue that NGC 1220 is a young compact open cluster, for which we estimate a core radius in the range $1.5-2.0$ arcmin. We identify 26 likely candidate members with spectral type earlier than $A5$, down to $V_o$=15.00 mag on the basis of the position in the two-colour Diagram and in the Colour Magnitude Diagrams (CMDs). By analyzing the distribution of these stars in the colour-colour and CMDs, we find that NGC 1220 has a reddening E$(B-V)=0.70\pm0.15$ mag, is placed $1800\pm200$ pc distant from the Sun, and has an age of about 60 Myrs. The cluster turns out to be located about 120 pc above the Galactic plane, relatively high with respect to its age.
Barbuy Batriz
Bica Eduardo
Carraro Giovanni
Covino Stefano
Ortolani Sergio
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