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1995A&AS..111...75S - Astron. Astrophys., Suppl. Ser., 111, 75-84 (1995/May-2)

A deep UBVRI CCD photometric study of the moderately young southern open star cluster NGC 4755 = κ Crucis.

SAGAR R. and CANNON R.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

CCD observations in U, B, V, R and I passbands have been used to generate (U-B), (B-V) colour-colour and deep V, (B-V); V, (U-B) and V, (V-I) colour-magnitude diagrams for the young open cluster NGC 4755. The sample consists of 813 stars reaching down to V∼20mag. There appears to be non-uniform extinction over the face of the cluster with a mean value of E(B-V)=0.41mag and a range of about 0.05mag. The true distance modulus to the cluster has been estimated as 11.6±0.2mag. An age of ∼10Myr has been assigned to the post-main sequence (MS) cluster members. Ages of the post-MS and pre-MS stars indicate that massive (M>10M) and low mass (M<2M) stars in the cluster are formed nearly at the same time from a molecular cloud which might have existed for a minimum period of about 6-7Myr.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: formation - HR diagram - open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 4755

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+AS/111/75): table4>

Simbad objects: 6

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