Ruprecht 3: An old star cluster remnant?

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Feb 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003a%26a...399..113p&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.399, p.113-120 (2003)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxy: Open Clusters And Stellar Associations: General, Open Clusters And Associations: Individual: Ruprecht 3, Methods: Observational, Techniques: Spectroscopic

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2MASS J and H photometry and integrated spectroscopy are employed to study the nature of the poorly populated compact concentration of stars Ruprecht 3, which was previously catalogued as an open cluster. The integrated spectrum remarkably resembles that of a moderately metal-rich globular cluster. The distribution of the object stars in the colour-magnitude diagram is compatible with that of a 1.5 +/- 0.5 Gyr open cluster or older, depending on whether the bluer stars are interpreted as turnoff stars or blue stragglers, respectively. We derive for the object a distance from the Sun dsun = 0.72 +0.04-0.03 kpc and a colour excess E(B-V) = 0.04. Although a globular cluster remnant cannot be ruled out, the integrated spectrum resemblance to that of a globular cluster probably reflects a stochastic effect owing to the few brighter stars. The structural and photometric properties of Ruprecht 3 are compatible with what would be expected for an intermediate-age open cluster remnant.
Based on observations made at Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito, which is operated under agreement between the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina and the National Universities of La Plata, Córdoba and San Juan, Argentina.

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