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| Name: Aishwarya Ashok Affiliation: M P Birla Institute of Fundamental Research Conference ID: ASI2016_555 Title : Fundamental parameters of the neglected open cluster Waterloo 1 in the galactic second quadrant Authors and Co-Authors : Sujatha S 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 the fundamental physical parameters of the not-so-well studied open cluster Waterloo1 located in the direction of Camelopardalis constellation. We have used the UBVRI CCD photometric data obtained through the LN2 cooled 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope and the near-infrared data in the JHK¬s filters acquired from the 2 Micron All Sky Survey. The radial extent of the cluster is found to be 3.5 arcmin. By way of plotting the regular two colour diagram (B-V) vs (U-B) the colour excess E (B-V) along the line of sight of the cluster is 0.95 mag. From the colour-magnitude diagrams, the distance and log (age) of the cluster have been estimated as 3.467 ± 0.5 kpc and 7.15 respectively indicating it to be a young enough cluster of solar metallicity, which could be chosen as a spiral arm tracer of the Galaxy. |