The Open Cluster NGC 2516. I. Optical Photometry

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2002

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Sung, Hwankyung
Bessell, Michael
Lee, B L
Lee, Sang Gak

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University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We present UBVI CCD photometry of the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 2516. From this new photometry we derive the cluster parameters [V0 - MV = 7.77 ± 0.11 mag, E(B-V) = 0.112 ± 0.024 mag], age [log (age) = 8.2 ± 0.1], and a photometric abundance ([

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Keywords: Color-magnitude diagrams; Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 2516); Stars: evolution; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

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Astronomical Journal

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