The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited

Autores
Carraro, Giovanni; Baume, Gustavo
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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We report deep (V ≈ 24.0) VI CCD photometry of three fields centred in the regions of the old open clusters Saurer A, B and C. In the case of Saurer A, which is considered one of the oldest known open clusters, we also provide a comparison field. From the analysis of the photometry we claim that Saurer A is as old as M67 (≈5 Gyr), but more metal-poor (Z = 0.008). Moreover, it turns out to be the open cluster with the largest galactocentric distance so far detected. As for Saurer B, it closely resembles NGC 2158, and indeed is of intermediate age (1.8-2.2 Gyr) and significantly reddened. In this case we revise both the age and the distance with respect to previous studies, but we are not able to establish clearly the cluster metal abundance. Finally, Saurer C has an age of about 2 Gyr, but we emphasize that the precise determination of its properties is hampered by the heavy field star contamination. All of the photometry is available at the WEBDA data base: http://obswww.unige.ch/webda/navigation.html.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
Materia
Ciencias Astronómicas
Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram
Open clusters and associations: general
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer A
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer B
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer C
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spelling The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisitedCarraro, GiovanniBaume, GustavoCiencias AstronómicasHertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagramOpen clusters and associations: generalOpen clusters and associations: individual: Saurer AOpen clusters and associations: individual: Saurer BOpen clusters and associations: individual: Saurer CWe report deep (V ≈ 24.0) VI CCD photometry of three fields centred in the regions of the old open clusters Saurer A, B and C. In the case of Saurer A, which is considered one of the oldest known open clusters, we also provide a comparison field. From the analysis of the photometry we claim that Saurer A is as old as M67 (≈5 Gyr), but more metal-poor (Z = 0.008). Moreover, it turns out to be the open cluster with the largest galactocentric distance so far detected. As for Saurer B, it closely resembles NGC 2158, and indeed is of intermediate age (1.8-2.2 Gyr) and significantly reddened. In this case we revise both the age and the distance with respect to previous studies, but we are not able to establish clearly the cluster metal abundance. Finally, Saurer C has an age of about 2 Gyr, but we emphasize that the precise determination of its properties is hampered by the heavy field star contamination. All of the photometry is available at the WEBDA data base: http://obswww.unige.ch/webda/navigation.html.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La Plata2003info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf18-26http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84507enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0035-8711info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2966.2003.07062.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:15Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/84507Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:16.054SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
title The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
spellingShingle The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
Carraro, Giovanni
Ciencias Astronómicas
Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram
Open clusters and associations: general
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer A
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer B
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer C
title_short The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
title_full The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
title_fullStr The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
title_full_unstemmed The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
title_sort The old open clusters Saurer A, B and C revisited
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carraro, Giovanni
Baume, Gustavo
author Carraro, Giovanni
author_facet Carraro, Giovanni
Baume, Gustavo
author_role author
author2 Baume, Gustavo
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram
Open clusters and associations: general
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer A
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer B
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer C
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram
Open clusters and associations: general
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer A
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer B
Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer C
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We report deep (V ≈ 24.0) VI CCD photometry of three fields centred in the regions of the old open clusters Saurer A, B and C. In the case of Saurer A, which is considered one of the oldest known open clusters, we also provide a comparison field. From the analysis of the photometry we claim that Saurer A is as old as M67 (≈5 Gyr), but more metal-poor (Z = 0.008). Moreover, it turns out to be the open cluster with the largest galactocentric distance so far detected. As for Saurer B, it closely resembles NGC 2158, and indeed is of intermediate age (1.8-2.2 Gyr) and significantly reddened. In this case we revise both the age and the distance with respect to previous studies, but we are not able to establish clearly the cluster metal abundance. Finally, Saurer C has an age of about 2 Gyr, but we emphasize that the precise determination of its properties is hampered by the heavy field star contamination. All of the photometry is available at the WEBDA data base: http://obswww.unige.ch/webda/navigation.html.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
description We report deep (V ≈ 24.0) VI CCD photometry of three fields centred in the regions of the old open clusters Saurer A, B and C. In the case of Saurer A, which is considered one of the oldest known open clusters, we also provide a comparison field. From the analysis of the photometry we claim that Saurer A is as old as M67 (≈5 Gyr), but more metal-poor (Z = 0.008). Moreover, it turns out to be the open cluster with the largest galactocentric distance so far detected. As for Saurer B, it closely resembles NGC 2158, and indeed is of intermediate age (1.8-2.2 Gyr) and significantly reddened. In this case we revise both the age and the distance with respect to previous studies, but we are not able to establish clearly the cluster metal abundance. Finally, Saurer C has an age of about 2 Gyr, but we emphasize that the precise determination of its properties is hampered by the heavy field star contamination. All of the photometry is available at the WEBDA data base: http://obswww.unige.ch/webda/navigation.html.
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