A Gaia based analysis of open cluster Berkeley 27

Abstract

In this paper, we have used the Gaia's Data Release-3 (DR3) data to study an intermediate-age open cluster Berkeley 27 (Be 27). A total of 131 most probable cluster members are picked within the cluster's radius based on the membership probability ($>80\%$). The cluster's radius was estimated as 3.74 arcmin. The mean proper motion (PM) of Be 27 was determined to be (${\mu }_{\alpha }cos\delta$, ${\mu }_{\delta }$)= ($-1.076\pm 0.008$, $0.152\pm 0.007$)~mas~yr${}^{-1}$. The blue straggler stars (BSS) of the cluster were found to be located in the central region. Theoretical isochrones of metallicity Z${}_{metal}$= 0.008 were compared to the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of Be 27. As a result, a heliocentric distance of 4.8$\pm$0.2 kpc and log (age) = 9.36$\pm$0.03 were determined for Be 27. The Galactic orbits are derived using the Galactic potential model which demonstrate that Be 27 follows a circular path around the Galactic center. The cluster does not seem to be affected much by the tidal forces from the Galactic thin disk.

arXiv comment22 pages, 12 figures and 2 tables. Accepted by New Astronomy

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