The CFHT open star cluster survey. III. The white dwarf cooling age of the rich open star cluster NGC 2099 (M37)

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3239-3257

  Kalirai, Jasonjot Singh ^a   Ventura, Paolo ^b   Richer, Harvey B ^a   Fahlman, Gregory G ^a,c   Durrell, Patrick R ^d   D'Antona, Francesca ^b   Marconi, Gianni ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Color magnitude diagrams; Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 2099); Stars: evolution; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011525617     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324463     Document Type: Article

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