Extended Stromgren Photoelectric Photometry in NGC 752
Abstract
Photoelectric photometry on the extended Stromgren system (uvbyCa) is presented for 7 giants and 21 main sequence stars in the old open cluster, NGC 752. Analysis of the hk data for the turnoff stars yields a new determination of the cluster mean metallicity. From 10 single-star members, [Fe/H] = -0.06 +/- 0.03, where the error quoted is the standard error of the mean and the Hyades abundance is set at [Fe/H] = +0.12. This result is unchanged if all 20 stars within the limits of the hk metallicity calibration are included. The derived [Fe/H] is in excellent agreement with past estimates using properly-zeroed m1 data, transformed moderate-dispersion spectroscopy, and recent high dispersion spectroscopy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0512412,
title = {Extended Stromgren Photoelectric Photometry in NGC 752},
author = {Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog and Bruce A. Twarog},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0512412},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 tex'd pages including 2 tables; 2 separate files with eps figures Accepted for PASP March 2006