Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124

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Vergne, María Marcela; Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos; Martínez, Rubén Enrique; Orsatti, Ana María; Álvarez, María Paula
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2010
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We have obtained optical multicolour (UBVRI) linear polarimetric data for 46 of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster NGC 6124 in order to investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) that lies along the line of sight towards the cluster. Our data yield a mean polarization efficiency of PV/E(B - V) = 3.1 ± 0.62, i.e. a value lower than the polarization produced by the ISM with normal efficiency for an average colour excess of E(B - V) = 0.80 as that found for NGC 6124. Besides, the polarization shows an orientation of which is not parallel to the Galactic disc, an effect that we think may be caused by the Lupus cloud. Our analysis also indicates that the observed visual extinction in NGC 6124 is caused by the presence of three different absorption sheets located between the Sun and NGC 6124. The values of the internal dispersion of the polarization (ΔPV ∼ 1.3 per cent) and of the colour excess (ΔE(B - V) ∼ 0.29 mag) for the members of NGC 6124 seem to be compatible with the presence of an intracluster dust component. Only six stars exhibit some evidence of intrinsic polarization. Our work also shows that polarimetry provides an excellent tool to distinguish between member and non-member stars of a cluster.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
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Ciencias Astronómicas
Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6124
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spelling Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124Vergne, María MarcelaFeinstein Baigorri, CarlosMartínez, Rubén EnriqueOrsatti, Ana MaríaÁlvarez, María PaulaCiencias AstronómicasDust, extinctionOpen clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6124We have obtained optical multicolour (UBVRI) linear polarimetric data for 46 of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster NGC 6124 in order to investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) that lies along the line of sight towards the cluster. Our data yield a mean polarization efficiency of PV/E(B - V) = 3.1 ± 0.62, i.e. a value lower than the polarization produced by the ISM with normal efficiency for an average colour excess of E(B - V) = 0.80 as that found for NGC 6124. Besides, the polarization shows an orientation of which is not parallel to the Galactic disc, an effect that we think may be caused by the Lupus cloud. Our analysis also indicates that the observed visual extinction in NGC 6124 is caused by the presence of three different absorption sheets located between the Sun and NGC 6124. The values of the internal dispersion of the polarization (ΔPV ∼ 1.3 per cent) and of the colour excess (ΔE(B - V) ∼ 0.29 mag) for the members of NGC 6124 seem to be compatible with the presence of an intracluster dust component. Only six stars exhibit some evidence of intrinsic polarization. Our work also shows that polarimetry provides an excellent tool to distinguish between member and non-member stars of a cluster.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La Plata2010info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf2041-2052http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82540enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/00358711info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16242.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:UNLP2025-09-29T11:15:31Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/82540Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:15:31.381SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
title Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
spellingShingle Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
Vergne, María Marcela
Ciencias Astronómicas
Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6124
title_short Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
title_full Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
title_fullStr Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
title_full_unstemmed Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
title_sort Optical polarization observations in the Scorpius region: NGC 6124
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vergne, María Marcela
Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
Martínez, Rubén Enrique
Orsatti, Ana María
Álvarez, María Paula
author Vergne, María Marcela
author_facet Vergne, María Marcela
Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
Martínez, Rubén Enrique
Orsatti, Ana María
Álvarez, María Paula
author_role author
author2 Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
Martínez, Rubén Enrique
Orsatti, Ana María
Álvarez, María Paula
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6124
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Dust, extinction
Open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6124
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We have obtained optical multicolour (UBVRI) linear polarimetric data for 46 of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster NGC 6124 in order to investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) that lies along the line of sight towards the cluster. Our data yield a mean polarization efficiency of PV/E(B - V) = 3.1 ± 0.62, i.e. a value lower than the polarization produced by the ISM with normal efficiency for an average colour excess of E(B - V) = 0.80 as that found for NGC 6124. Besides, the polarization shows an orientation of which is not parallel to the Galactic disc, an effect that we think may be caused by the Lupus cloud. Our analysis also indicates that the observed visual extinction in NGC 6124 is caused by the presence of three different absorption sheets located between the Sun and NGC 6124. The values of the internal dispersion of the polarization (ΔPV ∼ 1.3 per cent) and of the colour excess (ΔE(B - V) ∼ 0.29 mag) for the members of NGC 6124 seem to be compatible with the presence of an intracluster dust component. Only six stars exhibit some evidence of intrinsic polarization. Our work also shows that polarimetry provides an excellent tool to distinguish between member and non-member stars of a cluster.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
description We have obtained optical multicolour (UBVRI) linear polarimetric data for 46 of the brightest stars in the area of the open cluster NGC 6124 in order to investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) that lies along the line of sight towards the cluster. Our data yield a mean polarization efficiency of PV/E(B - V) = 3.1 ± 0.62, i.e. a value lower than the polarization produced by the ISM with normal efficiency for an average colour excess of E(B - V) = 0.80 as that found for NGC 6124. Besides, the polarization shows an orientation of which is not parallel to the Galactic disc, an effect that we think may be caused by the Lupus cloud. Our analysis also indicates that the observed visual extinction in NGC 6124 is caused by the presence of three different absorption sheets located between the Sun and NGC 6124. The values of the internal dispersion of the polarization (ΔPV ∼ 1.3 per cent) and of the colour excess (ΔE(B - V) ∼ 0.29 mag) for the members of NGC 6124 seem to be compatible with the presence of an intracluster dust component. Only six stars exhibit some evidence of intrinsic polarization. Our work also shows that polarimetry provides an excellent tool to distinguish between member and non-member stars of a cluster.
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