Deep and Wide Photometry of Two Open Clusters NGC 1245 and NGC 2506: CCD Observation and Physical Properties

Abstract

We have conducted VI CCD photometry of the two open clusters NGC 1245 and NGC 2506 using the CFH12K CCD camera. Our photometry covers a sky area of 84'X82' and 42'X81' for the two clusters, respectively, and reaches down to V = 23. We derived the physical parameters using detailed theoretical isochrone fittings using 2 minimization. The derived cluster parameters are E(B-V) = 0.24+/-0.05 and 0.03+/-0.04, (V-M_V)_0 = 12.25+/-0.12 and 12.47+/-0.08, age(Gyr) = 1.08+/-0.09 and 2.31+/-0.16, and [Fe/H]= -0.08+/-0.06 and -0.24+/-0.06, respectively for NGC 1245 and NGC 2506, We present the luminosity functions (LFs) of the two clusters, which reach down to M_V = 10, and derive mass functions (MFs) with slopes of Gamma = -1.29 for NGC 1245 and Gamma = -1.26 for NGC 2506. The slopes are slightly shallower than that of the solar neighbourhood, implying the existence of dynamical evolution that drives the evaporation of the low-mass stars in the clusters.

11 pages, 15 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication by MNRAS

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