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| Name: Komala S Affiliation: M P Birla Institute of Fundamental Research Conference ID: ASI2016_419 Title : First UBVRI CCD photometry of the open cluster Mayer 2 Authors and Co-Authors : Sujatha S, Krishna Kumar K, Babu G.S.D. M.P.Birla Institute of Fundamental Research. Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Stars, The Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbours Abstract : In this paper we present deep UBVRI CCD photometry of the not-so-well studied open cluster Mayer 2. This cluster, with a radial extent of 3 arcmin, is located at a distance of 4.46 ± 0.5 kpc in the direction of Camelopardalis constellation. The interstellar extinction E(B-V) in the line of sight of the cluster is estimated to be 0.645±0.5 mag. From the appropriate theoretical isochrones of solar metallicity, the log (age) of the cluster is found to be 8.55. To substantiate the results obtained through optical data we have compared them with the near infrared 2MASS archival data and they are found to be in good agreement. The luminosity function was constructed using the likely and probable members and it indicates the common trend of the number of stars increasing towards the fainter magnitudes. |