Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-05-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 20 figures, To appear in A & A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20052683
We present UBV CCD photometry and low-resolution spectra of stars in the field of the young open cluster NGC 146. UBV photometry of 434 stars were used to estimate the E(B$-$V) reddening of 0.55 $\pm$ 0.04 mag and BV photometry of 976 stars were used to estimate a distance modulus of (m$-$M)$_0$ = 12.7 $\pm$0.2 mag, corresponding to a distance of 3470$^{+335}_{-305}$ pc. We estimated 10 -- 16 Myr as the turn-off age for the upper main sequence of the cluster using isochrones and synthetic colour magnitude diagrams. We identified two B type stars with H$_\alpha$ in emission and located on the MS using slit-less spectra. A higher resolution spectrum of the brighter Be star indicated the presence of a number of emission lines, with some lines showing the signature of gas infall. This star was found to be located in the region of Herbig Ae/Be stars in the (J$-$H) vs (H$-$K) colour-colour diagram. Thus, we identify this star as a Herbig Be star. On the other hand, 54 stars were found to show near infrared excess, of which 17 were found to be located in the region of Herbig Ae/Be stars and 18 stars were found to be located in the region of Be stars in the NIR colour-colour diagram. Thus NGC 146 is a young cluster with a large number of intermediate mass pre-main sequence stars. The turn-on age of the cluster is found to be $\sim$ 3 Myr. Though NGC 146 shows an older turn off, the bulk of stars in this cluster seems to belong to the younger population of 3 Myr.
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Sagar Ram
Sahu Devendra K.
Subramaniam Ajit
Vijitha P.
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