The gap in the color-magnitude diagram of NGC 2420: A test of convective overshoot and cluster age

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 426, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 165-169

  Demarque, Pierre ^a,b   Sarajedini, Ata ^a,c   Guo, X J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Solar and Space Research ^*

^c KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 2420); Stars: evolution; Stars: Hertzsprung Russell (HR) diagram; Stars: interiors

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044251702     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/174052     Document Type: Article

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