Integrated luminosity distribution of galactic open clusters

dc.contributor.author	Bhatt, B.C.
dc.contributor.author	Pandey, A. K.
dc.contributor.author	Mahra, H. S.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-19T08:22:40Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-19T08:22:40Z
dc.date.issued	1991
dc.identifier.citation	This article downloded from ADS Free Online Journal	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/456
dc.description.abstract	The integrated magnitudes of 221 galactic open clusters have been used to derive the luminosity function. The completeness of the data has been discussed. In the luminosity distribution the maximum frequency of clusters occurs near I (Mᵥ) = -3.ᵐ5, and some plausible reasons for a sharp cut-off at I(Mᵥ) = 2.ᵐ0 have been discussed. It is concluded that the paucity of the clusters fainter than I(Mᵥ)= 2.ᵐ0 is not purely due to selection effects. The surface density of the clusters for different magnitude intervals has been obtained using the completeness radius estimated from the log N-log d plots. A relation between I(Mᵥ) and surface density has been obtained which yields a steeper slope than that obtained by van den Bergh & Lafontaine (1984).	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	jaa12-179
dc.subject	Open clusters, Integrated magnitudes, Luminosity distribution	en_US
dc.title	Integrated luminosity distribution of galactic open clusters	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US