Very accurate Distances and Radii of Open Cluster Cepheids from a Near-Infrared Surface Brightness Technique

Abstract

We have obtained the radii and distances of 16 galactic Cepheids supposed to be members in open clusters or associations using the new optical and near-infrared calibrations of the surface brightness (Barnes-Evans) method given by Fouque & Gieren (1997). We discuss in detail possible systematic errors in our infrared solutions and conclude that the typical total uncertainty of the infrared distance and radius of a Cepheid is about 3 percent in both infrared solutions, provided that the data are of excellent quality and that the amplitude of the color curve used in the solution is larger than ~0.3 mag. We compare the adopted infrared distances of the Cepheid variables to the ZAMS-fitting distances of their supposed host clusters and associations and find an unweighted mean value of the distance ratio of 1.02 +- 0.04. A detailed discussion of the individual Cepheids shows that the uncertainty of the ZAMS-fitting distances varies considerably from cluster to cluster. We find clear evidence that four Cepheids are not cluster members (SZ Tau, T Mon, U Car and SV Vul) while we confirm cluster membership for V Cen and BB Sgr for which the former evidence for cluster membership was only weak. After rejection of non-members, we find a weighted mean distance ratio of 0.969 +- 0.014, with a standard deviation of 0.05, which demonstrates that both distance indicators are accurate to better than 5%, including systematic errors, and that there is excellent agreement between both distance scales.

LaTeX, 11 Figures, 5 Tables, to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, Oct. 10, 1997 issue

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