Astronomy:IC 2714

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Short description: Open cluster in the constellation of Carina
IC 2714
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCarina
Right ascension 11h 17m 27s[1]
Declination−62° 44′ 00″[1]
Distance4,030 ly (1,238 pc[2])
Apparent magnitude (V)8.2 [1]
Apparent dimensions (V)12'
Physical characteristics
Mass170[3] M
Estimated age350 million years[2][4]
Other designationsCollinder 245, Melotte 104, vdBH 116
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

IC 2714 is an open cluster in the constellation Carina. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.[5] It is located approximately 4,000 light years away from Earth, in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm.[6]

Characteristics

It is a rich to moderately rich, intermediate-brightness, detached cluster with Trumpler type II2r or II3m.[5] There are 494 probable member stars within the angular radius of the cluster and 215 within the central part of the cluster.[7] The tidal radius of the cluster is 6.3 - 8.7 parsecs (21 - 28 light years) and represents the average outer limit of IC 2714, beyond which a star is unlikely to remain gravitationally bound to the cluster core.[3] The core of the cluster is estimated to be 5.9 light years across.[7]

The brightest stars of the cluster are of 11th magnitude and the brightest main sequence stars are of late B of A type.[8] Two blue stragglers have been detected in the cluster,[9] one variable star and eleven red giants.[8] The turn-off mass of the cluster is estimated to be at 3.1 M.[4] The cluster has the same metallicity as the Sun.[10]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "IC 2714". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=IC+2714. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 WEBDA: IC 2714
  3. 3.0 3.1 Piskunov, A. E.; Schilbach, E.; Kharchenko, N. V.; Röser, S.; Scholz, R.-D. (6 November 2007). "Tidal radii and masses of open clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics 477 (1): 165–172. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078525. Bibcode2008A&A...477..165P. ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/J/A%2BA/477/165/table.dat. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Delgado Mena, E.; Tsantaki, M.; Sousa, S. G.; Kunitomo, M.; Adibekyan, V.; Zaworska, P.; Santos, N. C.; Israelian, G. et al. (17 February 2016). "Searching for Li-rich giants in a sample of 12 open clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics 587: A66. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527196. Bibcode2016A&A...587A..66D. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 O'Meara, Stephen James (2013) (in en). Deep-Sky Companions: Southern Gems. Cambridge University Press. pp. 197–200. ISBN 9781139851541. https://books.google.com/books?id=BoIsCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA199. 
  6. Carraro, Giovanni; Seleznev, Anton F. (21 February 2012). "UBVI CCD photometry and star counts in nine inner disc Galactic star clusters". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 419 (4): 3608–3623. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20010.x. Bibcode2012MNRAS.419.3608C. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Kharchenko, N. V.; Piskunov, A. E.; Schilbach, E.; Röser, S.; Scholz, R.-D. (3 October 2013). "Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way". Astronomy & Astrophysics 558: A53. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322302. Bibcode2013A&A...558A..53K. ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/J/A%2BA/558/A53/catalog.dat. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Claria, J. J.; Mermilliod, J.-C.; Piatti, A. E.; Minniti, D. (October 1994). "Photometric and CORAVEL observations of stars in the open cluster IC 2714." (in en). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 107: 39–49. Bibcode1994A&AS..107...39C. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/?#abs/1994A%26AS..107...39C. 
  9. Ahumada, J. A.; Lapasset, E. (20 November 2006). "New catalogue of blue stragglers in open clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics 463 (2): 789–797. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054590. Bibcode2007A&A...463..789A. ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/J/A%2BA/463/789/table8.dat. 
  10. Santos, N. C.; Lovis, C.; Pace, G.; Melendez, J.; Naef, D. (20 November 2008). "Metallicities for 13 nearby open clusters from high-resolution spectroscopy of dwarf and giant stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 493 (1): 309–316. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200811093. Bibcode2009A&A...493..309S. 

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