2014
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/148/5/89
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The Enigma of the Open Cluster M29 (Ngc 6913) Solved

Abstract: Determining the distance to the open cluster M29 (NGC 6913) has proven difficult, with distances determined by various authors differing by a factor of two or more. To solve this problem, we have initiated a new photometric investigation of the cluster in the Vilnius sevencolor photometric system supplementing it with available data in the BV and JHK s photometric systems, and spectra of the nine brightest stars of spectral classes O and B. Photometric spectral classes and luminosities of 260 stars in a 15 ′ ×… Show more

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“…for B-and A-type stars, as described in Straižys et al (2014). In the IC 4996 area, this is very close to the coefficient obtained for the direction to the cluster M29.…”
Section: Interstellar Extinctions and Distancessupporting
confidence: 87%
“…for B-and A-type stars, as described in Straižys et al (2014). In the IC 4996 area, this is very close to the coefficient obtained for the direction to the cluster M29.…”
Section: Interstellar Extinctions and Distancessupporting
confidence: 87%
“…A proof of this has been reported by Straizys et al (2014) analysing the distance distribution of the stellar population in the M29 cluster area, where the stars are in the field range of between a few hundred parsecs up to more than 2 kpc. M29 (NGC 6913) forms part of the Cygnus OB1 association, which also contains five other young clusters.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…The photometric data were used to classify about 70% of these stars into spectral and luminosity classes. In the next paper (Straižys et al 2014, Paper II), we investigated the cluster M29 applying the catalog of stars from Paper I and the MK spectral types of nine brightest O9-B2 stars. The distance (1.54 ± 0.15 kpc) and the age (5 ± 1 Myr) of the cluster were determined (3σ errors).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%