Título: The young open cluster Berkeley 55
Autores: Negueruela Díez, Ignacio
Marco Tobarra, Amparo
Fecha: 2013-11-13
2013-11-13
2012-01-13
Publicador: RUA Docencia
Fuente:
Tipo: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Tema: Galaxy: structure
Open clusters and associations: individual (Berkeley 55)
Stars: early-type
Stars: evolution
Supergiants
Astronomía y Astrofísica
Física Aplicada
Descripción: We present UBV photometry of the highly reddened and poorly studied open cluster Berkeley 55, revealing an important population of B-type stars and several evolved stars of high luminosity. Intermediate-resolution far-red spectra of several candidate members confirm the presence of one F-type supergiant and six late supergiants or bright giants. The brightest blue stars are mid-B giants. Spectroscopic and photometric analyses indicate an age 50 ± 10 Myr. The cluster is located at a distance d ≈ 4 kpc, consistent with other tracers of the Perseus Arm in this direction. Berkeley 55 is thus a moderately young open cluster with a sizable population of candidate red (super)giant members, which can provide valuable information about the evolution of intermediate-mass stars.
This research is partially supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) under grants AYA2008-06166-C03-03, AYA2010-21697-C05-05, and CSD2006-70, and by the Generalitat Valenciana (ACOMP/2010/259).
Idioma: Inglés

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