Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005an....326.1001l&link_type=abstract
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.326, Issue 10, p.1001-1006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Open Clusters And Associations: Individual (Collinder 359), Stars: Low-Mass, Brown Dwarfs, Techniques: Photometric, Techniques: Spectroscopic
Scientific paper
We present the first deep, optical, wide-field imaging survey of the young open cluster Collinder 359, complemented by near-infrared follow-up observations. This study is part of a large programme aimed at examining the dependence of the mass function on environment and time. We have surveyed 1.6 square degree in the cluster in the I and z filters with the CFH12K camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6m telescope down to completeness and detection limits in both filters of 22\fm0 and 24\fm0, respectively. Based on their location in the optical (I-z,I) colour-magnitude diagram, we have extracted new cluster member candidates in Collinder 359 spanning 1.3-0.04 M&sun;, assuming an age of 100 Myr and a distance of 450 pc for the cluster. We have used the 2MASS database as well as our own near-infrared photometry to confirm the membership of the optically-selected cluster candidates. Additionally, we have obtained optical spectroscopy and employed chromospheric activity as a further criterion to assess the membership of candidates.
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