Abstract Details

Name: BRYAN MIRANDA
Affiliation: Bangalore University, Bengaluru
Conference ID: ASI2019_182
Title : Study of UV bright stellar populations in King 2
Authors and Co-Authors : Bryan Rithesh Miranda(Bangalore University), Annapurni Subramaniam (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, IIA), Ram Sagar (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, IIA), Vijayakumar H. Doddamani (Bangalore University)
Abstract Type : Poster
Abstract Category : Stars, ISM and Galaxy
Abstract : King 2 is a rich open star cluster located at a distance of 5.75 kpc and is 6 Gyr old. This open cluster has a large number of interesting UV bright candidates. Observation of this cluster in the UV band was carried out by Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard the ASTROSAT satellite. The UV magnitudes in one FUV (CaF2) and one NUV (B15) filter is obtained by Point Spread Function (PSF) photometry, using the DAOPHOT package in IRAF. The Colour Magnitude Diagrams (CMDs) both optical and UV - optical for this cluster is generated using the coordinate crossmatch of the the optical and UVIT photometric data. The Flexible Stellar Population Synthesis (FSPS) model is used to generate the isochrones for the optical and UVIT filters. In this study we have identified 34 UV bright objects including a Red Giant and a few Blue Straggler stars. Combining the photometric data from Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) (J,H,K), Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) Photometric Hα Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) (R, I) and the optical study, we have constructed Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) for 34 stars and their stellar parameters (Lʘ, Teff, Rʘ, Mʘ) have been tabulated. In an attempt to study this cluster in multiwavelength, we have found the presence of binaries.