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Intermediate age open clusters: Collinder 110

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We present CCD BV photometry of the intermediate age open cluster Collinder 110, a nearby, scarcely populated, and poorly studied system. There is no literature information on the metallicity, so we tested several possibilities, and found a slight evidence of sub-solar abundances. Using the synthetic Colour - Magnitude Diagrams technique we estimate the following parameters: age between 1.1 and 1.5 Gyr, reddening 0.38 <~ E(B-V) <~ 0.45, distance modulus (m-M)o between 11.45 and 11.7 if the cluster metallicity is sub-solar.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0303662,
  title  = {Intermediate age open clusters: Collinder 110},
  author = {Angela Bragaglia and Monica Tosi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0303662},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures, MNRAS, in press