Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-29
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.345:1015,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 12 pages, 37 figures, 4 tables. High resolution figures available from http://www.astro.u
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.07028.x
We present combined optical/near-IR photometry (BVIK) for six open clusters - M35, M37, NGC 1817, NGC 2477, NGC 2420, and M67. The open clusters span an age range from 150 Myr to 4 Gyr and have metal abundances from [Fe/H] = -0.3 to +0.09 dex. We have utilized these data to test the robustness of theoretical main sequences constructed by several groups as denoted by the following designations - Padova, Baraffe, Y^2, Geneva, and Siess. The comparisons of the models with the observations have been performed in the [Mv, (B-V)o], [Mv, (V-I)o], and [Mv, (V-K)o] colour-magnitude diagrams as well as the distance-independent [(V-K)o, (B-V)o] and [(V-K)o, (V-I)o] two-colour diagrams. We conclude that none of the theoretical models reproduce the observational data in a consistent manner over the magnitude and colour range of the unevolved main sequence. In particular, there are significant zeropoint and shape differences between the models and the observations. We speculate that the crux of the problem lies in the precise mismatch between theoretical and observational colour-temperature relations. These results underscore the importance of pursuing the study of stellar structure and stellar modelling with even greater intensity.
Grocholski Aaron J.
Sarajedini Ata
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