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A New Photometric Investigation of the Young Open Cluster NGC 663

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S. M. Hassan  and
A. I. Othman
S. M. Hassan
Affiliation:
U.A.R. (on loan to University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
A. I. Othman
Affiliation:
U.A.R. (on loan to University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

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The investigation of the open cluster NGC 663, based on the application of the method of UBV three colour photometry and the use of new photographic material, lead to a new distance to the cluster of 2550pc, E(B-V) & E(U-B) colour excesses of 0.74 & 0.53 mag and consequently a total visual absorption AV of 2.22 mag. An age of 3.9 × 107 y and a spectral type B2-B3 can be estimated for it; accordingly, it fits well the Perseus Arm (+1) near the outer edge and lies below the galactic plane at a distance of 47 pc.

From the distribution of 476 stars investigated, around both the ZAMS and the apparent centre of the cluster, 270 probable physical member stars could be separated from the field stars and neither late type giants nor a giant branch are in existence.

Type
August 28 Open Clusters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 85: Star Clusters , 1980 , pp. 233 - 234
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980