Color--Magnitude Diagrams and Luminosity Functions down to the Hydrogen Burning Limit. III. A Preliminary HST Study of NGC6791

Details Color--Magnitude Diagrams and Luminosity Functions down to the Hydrogen Burning Limit. III. A Preliminary HST Study of NGC6791 Color--Magnitude Diagrams and Luminosity Functions down to the Hydrogen Burning Limit. III. A Preliminary HST Study of NGC6791

2005-04-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504627v1

Astron.J.130:626-634,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

21 pages, 8 figures. Accepted (25 April 2005) on AJ, in press for the August issue

Scientific paper

10.1086/431327

Using HST ACS/WFC images, we derive the color--magnitude diagram of the old, metal-rich open cluster NGC 6791 to nearly 29th magnitude in V, which is the neighborhood of the hydrogen-burning limit.Comparison with isochrones leads to a discussion of the distance modulus, the reddening, and the age of the cluster. By making a statistical correction for field stars we derive a preliminary luminosity function, and a very tentative mass function. The white dwarf sequence is clearly shown, and has been discussed in a separate paper.

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