Tidal tails in the open cluster NGC 752 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Bhattacharya S.
  2. Agarwal M.
  3. Rao K.K.
  4. Vaidya K.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We utilize the robust membership determination algorithm, ML-MOC, on the precise astrometric and deep photometric data from Gaia Early Data Release 3 within a region of radius 5 degrees around the centre of the intermediate-age Galactic open cluster NGC 752 to identify its member stars. We report the discovery of the tidal tails of NGC 752, extending out to ~35 pc on either side of its denser central region and following the cluster orbit. From comparison with PARSEC stellar isochrones, we obtain the mass function of the cluster with a slope, {Chi} = -1.26 +/- 0.07. The high negative value of {Chi} is indicative of a disintegrating cluster undergoing mass segregation. {Chi} is more negative in the intra-tidal regions as compared to the outskirts of NGC 752. We estimate a present day mass of the cluster, M_C_ = 297 +/- 10 M_{sun}_. Through mass-loss due to stellar evolution and tidal interactions, we further estimate that NGC 752 has lost nearly 95.2-98.5 per cent of its initial mass, Mi = 0.64-2 * 10^4^M_{sun}_.

Keywords
  1. open-star-clusters
  2. milky-way-galaxy
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. trigonometric-parallax
  5. narrow-band-photometry
  6. infrared-astronomy
  7. ultraviolet-astronomy
  8. proper-motions
  9. radial-velocity
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021MNRAS.505.1607B
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/505/1607
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.75051607

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2024-06-10T09:45:33Z
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2024-06-10T09:45:33Z
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