X rays from old open clusters: M 67 and NGC 188

Details X rays from old open clusters: M 67 and NGC 188 X rays from old open clusters: M 67 and NGC 188

1998-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808329v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics

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We have observed the old open clusters M 67 and NGC 188 with the ROSAT PSPC. In M 67 we detect a variety of X-ray sources. The X-ray emission by a cataclysmic variable, a single hot white dwarf, two contact binaries, and some RS CVn systems is as expected. The X-ray emission by two binaries located below the subgiant branch in the Hertzsprung Russell diagram of the cluster, by a circular binary with a cool white dwarf, and by two eccentric binaries with orbital period > 700 d is puzzling. Two members of NGC 188 are detected, including the FK Com type star D719. Another possible FK Com type star, probably not a member of NGC 188, is also detected.

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