Stellar contents and star formation in the young cluster stock 18

dc.contributor.author	Bhatt, H.
dc.contributor.author	Sagar, R.
dc.contributor.author	Pandey, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-22T06:12:56Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-22T06:12:56Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/931
dc.description.abstract	We have carried out deep (V ~21 mag) UBVRI photometric study of the star cluster Stock 18. These along with archival Infrared data have been used to derive the basic cluster parameters and also to study the star formation processes in and around the cluster region. The distance to the cluster is derived as 2.8 ± 0.2 kpc while its age is estimated as 6.0 ± 2.0 Myr. Present study indicates that interstellar reddening is normal in the direction of the cluster. The mass function slope is found to be -1.37 ± 0.27 for the mass range 1 < M/M⊙< 11.9. There is no evidence found for the effect of mass segregation in mainsequence stars of the cluster. A young stellar population with age between 1–2 Myr have been found in and around the cluster region. The presence of IRAS and AKARI sources with MSX intensity map also show the youth of the Sh2–170 region.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	na17-160
dc.subject	Young cluster, Star formation, Mass function	en_US
dc.title	Stellar contents and star formation in the young cluster stock 18	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US