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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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 Devesh P. Sariya , Ing-Guey Jiang , D. Bisht , R. K. S. Yadav , G. Rangwal

We present a photometric study of the neglected open cluster Berkeley 53. We derived its fundamental parameters, such as the age, the interstellar reddening, and the distance from the Sun, based on BV photometry combined with near-infrared…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-21 G. Maciejewski , B. Mihov , Ts. Georgiev

To study the crucial range of Galactocentric distances between 12 and 16 kpc, where little information is available, we have obtained VI CCD imaging of Berkeley 20 and BVI CCD imaging of Berkeley 66 and Tombaugh 2, three distant, old open…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Gloria Andreuzzi , Angela Bragaglia , Monica Tosi , Gianni Marconi

We investigate the reddening and Main Sequence fitted distances to eleven young, Galactic open clusters that contain Cepheids. Each cluster contains or is associated with at least one Cepheid variable star. Reddening to the clusters is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Hoyle , T. Shanks , N. R. Tanvir

Classical Cepheids in open clusters are key ingredients for stellar population studies and the characterization of variable stars, as they are tracers of young and massive populations and of recent star formation episodes. Cluster Cepheids…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-14 Gustavo E. Medina , Bertrand Lemasle , Eva K. Grebel , Steffi X. Yen

We report the discovery of a pair of extremely reddened classical Cepheid variable stars located in the Galactic plane behind the bulge, using near-infrared time-series photometry from the VVV Survey. This is the first time that such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-01-21 I. Dékány , D. Minniti , G. Hajdu , J. Alonso-García , M. Hempel , T. Palma , M. Catelan , W. Gieren , D. Majaess

Fundamental astrophysical parameters have been derived for Be 55 open cluster based on UBVI CCD photometric data, observed with the AZT-22 1.5m telescope at Maidanak Astronomical Observatory in Uzbekistan. The mean reddening is obtained as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-07 İnci Akkaya Oralhan

We analyse all potential combinations of Galactic Cepheids and open clusters (OCs) in the most up-to-date catalogues available. Isochrone fitting and proper-motion calcula- tion are applied to all potential OC{Cepheid combinations. Five…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Xiaodian Chen , Richard de Grijs , Licai Deng

We present BVI CCD photometry of 10 northern open clusters, Berkeley 43, Berkeley 45, Berkeley 47, NGC 6846, Berkeley 49, Berkeley 51, Berkeley 89, Berkeley 91, Tombaugh 4 and Berkeley 9, and estimate their fundamental parameters. Eight of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Annapurni Subramaniam , Giovanni Carraro , Kenneth A. Janes , ;

We have conducted a search for open clusters in the vicinity of classical Galactic Cepheids based on high-quality astrometry from the third data release (DR3) of the ESA mission Gaia to improve the calibration of the Leavitt law (LL). Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-28 Mauricio Cruz Reyes , Richard I. Anderson

We report BV(RI)c CCD photometric data for a group of seven Cepheid variables in the young, rich cluster NGC 1866 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The photometry was obtained as part of a program to determine accurate distances to these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. P. Gieren , M. Gomez , J. Storm , T. J. Moffett , L. Infante , T. G. Barnes , D. Geisler , P. Fouque

Flaring and warping of the disk of the Milky Way have been inferred from observations of atomic hydrogen, but stars associated with flaring have not hitherto been reported. In the area beyond the Galactic centre the stars are largely hidden…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael W. Feast , John W. Menzies , Noriyuki Matsunaga , Patricia A. Whitelock

The results of a CCD survey for variability of stars in the nearby galaxy NGC 6822 are presented. The goal of the survey was to obtain good light curves of Cepheids for Fourier decomposition and to detect shorter period Cepheids. Since the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Antonello , D. Fugazza , L. Mantegazza , M. Stefanon , S. Covino

Accurate measurements of young stellar cluster internal dynamics provide crucial insights into their formation. With Gaia, we are now able to trace stellar motions and study the dynamics of star clusters with unprecedented precision, but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Bruno Wiesneth , Koraljka Muzic , Victor Almendros-Abad

We present radial velocities for stars in the field of the open star clusters Berkeley 44, Berkeley 81, and NGC 6802 from spectra obtained using the Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO (WIYN) 3.5 m telescope. These clusters are of intermediate age…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-24 Christian R. Hayes , Eileen D. Friel

The characteristics of the inner Galaxy remain obscured by significant dust extinction, and hence infrared surveys are useful to find young Cepheids whose distances and ages can be accurately determined. A near-infrared photometric and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 Satoshi Tanioka , Noriyuki Matsunaga , Kei Fukue , Laura Inno , Giuseppe Bono , Naoto Kobayashi

The CCD UBV(RI)KC photometry of the poorly studied open clusters Juchert 9 (Juc 9) and Berkeley 97 (Be 97), which are observed with the 0.84 m telescope at the San Pedro M\'artir National Observatory, M\'exico has been analysed. For the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-02 İnci Akkaya Oralhan , Raúl Michel , Yonca Karslı , Hikmet Çakmak , Hwankyung Sung , Yüksel Karataş

We present time-series photometry of stars located in the extremely young open cluster Berkeley 59. Using the 1.04 m telescope at ARIES, Nainital, we have identified 42 variables in a field of 13'x13' around the cluster. The probable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Sneh Lata , A. K. Pandey , Maheswar G. , Soumen Mondal , Brijesh Kumar

We searched through a seven-million cubic-parsec volume surrounding each of the four nearest young open clusters with ages from 40 to 80 Myr to identify both the current and past members of the clusters within the Gaia EDR3 dataset. We find…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-12 Jeremy Heyl , Ilaria Caiazzo , Harvey Richer , David R. Miller

We present the analysis of multiband time-series data for a sample of 24 Cepheids in the field of the Large Magellanic Cloud cluster NGC1866. Very accurate BVI VLT photometry is combined with archival UBVI data, covering a large temporal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 I. Musella , M. Marconi , P. B. Stetson , G. Raimondo , E. Brocato , R. Molinaro , V. Ripepi , R. Carini , G. Coppola , A. R. Walker , D. L. Welch