The distances to open clusters from main-sequence fitting. III. Improved accuracy with empirically calibrated isochrones

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 655, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 233-260

  An, Deokkeun ^a   Terndrup, Donald M ^a   Pinsonneault, Marc H ^a   Paulson, Diane B ^b   Hanson, Robert B ^c   Stauffer, John R ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hertzsprung Russell diagram; Open clusters and associations: individual (M67, NGC 2516, pleiades, praesepe); Stars: abundances; Stars: activity; Stars: distances; Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846865083     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509653     Document Type: Article

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