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Searching for Planets in the Hyades. V. Limits on Planet Detection in the Presence of Stellar Activity
We present the results of a radial velocity survey of a sample of Hyadesstars and discuss the effects of stellar activity on radial velocitymeasurements. The level of radial velocity scatter due to rotationalmodulation of stellar surface features for the Hyades is in agreementwith the 1997 predictions of Saar & Donahue-the maximum radialvelocity rms of up to ~50 m s-1, with an average rms of ~16 ms-1. In this sample of 94 stars we find one new binary, twostars with linear trends indicative of binary companions, and noclose-in giant planets. We discuss the limits on extrasolar planetdetection in the Hyades and the constraints imposed on radial velocitysurveys of young stars.Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. KeckObservatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among theCalifornia Institute of Technology, the University of California, andthe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). TheObservatory was made possible by the generous financial support of theW. M. Keck Foundation. The authors wish to recognize and acknowledge thevery significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of MaunaKea has always had within the indigenous Hawaiian community. We are mostfortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from thismountain. Additional data were obtained with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope,which is operated by McDonald Observatory on behalf of the University ofTexas at Austin, the Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, andGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen.
| The Distances to Open Clusters as Derived from Main-Sequence Fitting. II. Construction of Empirically Calibrated Isochrones
We continue our series of papers on open cluster distances by comparingmulticolor photometry of single stars in the Hyades with theoreticalisochrones constructed with various color-temperature relations. Afterverifying that the isochrone effective temperatures agree well withspectroscopically determined values, we argue that mismatches betweenthe photometry and the theoretical colors likely arise from systematicerrors in the color-temperature relations. We then describe a method forempirically correcting the isochrones to match the photometry anddiscuss the dependence of the isochrone luminosity on metallicity.This publication makes use of data products from the Two Micron All SkySurvey, which is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts andthe Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute ofTechnology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationand the National Science Foundation.
| A New Procedure for the Photometric Parallax Estimation
We present a new procedure for photometric parallax estimation. The datafor 1236 stars provide calibrations between the absolute magnitudeoffset from the Hyades main-sequence and the ultraviolet-excess foreight different (B-V)0 colour-index intervals, (0.3 0.4),(0.4 0.5), (0.5 0.6), (0.6 0.7), (0.7 0.8), (0.8 0.9), (0.9 1.0) and(1.0 1.1). The mean difference between the original and estimatedabsolute magnitudes and the corresponding standard deviation are rathersmall, +0.0002 and +/-0.0613 mag. The procedure has been adapted to theSloan photometry by means of colour equations and applied to a set ofartificial stars with different metallicities. The comparison of theabsolute magnitudes estimated by the new procedure and the canonical oneindicates that a single colour-magnitude diagram does not supplyreliable absolute magnitudes for stars with large range of metallicity.
| Astrometric radial velocities. III. Hipparcos measurements of nearby star clusters and associations
Radial motions of stars in nearby moving clusters are determined fromaccurate proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes, without any use ofspectroscopy. Assuming that cluster members share the same velocityvector (apart from a random dispersion), we apply a maximum-likelihoodmethod on astrometric data from Hipparcos to compute radial and spacevelocities (and their dispersions) in the Ursa Major, Hyades, ComaBerenices, Pleiades, and Praesepe clusters, and for theScorpius-Centaurus, alpha Persei, and ``HIP 98321'' associations. Theradial motion of the Hyades cluster is determined to within 0.4 kms-1 (standard error), and that of its individual stars towithin 0.6 km s-1. For other clusters, Hipparcos data yieldastrometric radial velocities with typical accuracies of a few kms-1. A comparison of these astrometric values withspectroscopic radial velocities in the literature shows a good generalagreement and, in the case of the best-determined Hyades cluster, alsopermits searches for subtle astrophysical differences, such as evidencefor enhanced convective blueshifts of F-dwarf spectra, and decreasedgravitational redshifts in giants. Similar comparisons for the ScorpiusOB2 complex indicate some expansion of its associations, albeit slowerthan expected from their ages. As a by-product from the radial-velocitysolutions, kinematically improved parallaxes for individual stars areobtained, enabling Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams with unprecedentedaccuracy in luminosity. For the Hyades (parallax accuracy 0.3 mas), itsmain sequence resembles a thin line, possibly with wiggles in it.Although this main sequence has underpopulated regions at certaincolours (previously suggested to be ``Böhm-Vitense gaps''), suchare not visible for other clusters, and are probably spurious. Futurespace astrometry missions carry a great potential for absoluteradial-velocity determinations, insensitive to the complexities ofstellar spectra. Based on observations by the ESA Hipparcos satellite.Extended versions of Tables \ref{tab1} and \ref{tab2} are available inelectronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr(130.79.125.8) or viahttp://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/381/446
| A search for previously unrecognized metal-poor subdwarfs in the Hipparcos astrometric catalogue
We have identified 317 stars included in the Hipparcos astrometriccatalogue that have parallaxes measured to a precision of better than 15per cent, and the location of which in the(MV,(B-V)T) diagram implies a metallicitycomparable to or less than that of the intermediate-abundance globularcluster M5. We have undertaken an extensive literature search to locateStrömgren, Johnson/Cousins and Walraven photometry for over 120stars. In addition, we present new UBV(RI)C photometry of 201of these candidate halo stars, together with similar data for a further14 known metal-poor subdwarfs. These observations provide the firstextensive data set of RCIC photometry ofmetal-poor, main-sequence stars with well-determined trigonometricparallaxes. Finally, we have obtained intermediate-resolution opticalspectroscopy of 175 stars. 47 stars still lack sufficient supplementaryobservations for population classification; however, we are able toestimate abundances for 270 stars, or over 80 per cent of the sample.The overwhelming majority have near-solar abundance, with theirinclusion in the present sample stemming from errors in the colourslisted in the Hipparcos catalogue. Only 44 stars show consistentevidence of abundances below [Fe/H]=-1.0. Nine are additions to thesmall sample of metal-poor subdwarfs with accurate photometry. Weconsider briefly the implication of these results for clustermain-sequence fitting.
| A Hipparcos study of the Hyades open cluster. Improved colour-absolute magnitude and Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams
Hipparcos parallaxes fix distances to individual stars in the Hyadescluster with an accuracy of ~ 6 percent. We use the Hipparcos propermotions, which have a larger relative precision than the trigonometricparallaxes, to derive ~ 3 times more precise distance estimates, byassuming that all members share the same space motion. An investigationof the available kinematic data confirms that the Hyades velocity fielddoes not contain significant structure in the form of rotation and/orshear, but is fully consistent with a common space motion plus a(one-dimensional) internal velocity dispersion of ~ 0.30 kms-1. The improved parallaxes as a set are statisticallyconsistent with the Hipparcos parallaxes. The maximum expectedsystematic error in the proper motion-based parallaxes for stars in theouter regions of the cluster (i.e., beyond ~ 2 tidal radii ~ 20 pc) isla 0.30 mas. The new parallaxes confirm that the Hipparcos measurementsare correlated on small angular scales, consistent with the limitsspecified in the Hipparcos Catalogue, though with significantly smaller``amplitudes'' than claimed by Narayanan & Gould. We use the Tycho-2long time-baseline astrometric catalogue to derive a set of independentproper motion-based parallaxes for the Hipparcos members. The newparallaxes provide a uniquely sharp view of the three-dimensionalstructure of the Hyades. The colour-absolute magnitude diagram of thecluster based on the new parallaxes shows a well-defined main sequencewith two ``gaps''/``turn-offs''. These features provide the first directobservational support of Böhm-Vitense's prediction that (the onsetof) surface convection in stars significantly affects their (B-V)colours. We present and discuss the theoretical Hertzsprung-Russelldiagram (log L versus log T_eff) for an objectively defined set of 88high-fidelity members of the cluster as well as the delta Scuti startheta 2 Tau, the giants delta 1, theta1, epsilon , and gamma Tau, and the white dwarfs V471 Tau andHD 27483 (all of which are also members). The precision with which thenew parallaxes place individual Hyades in the Hertzsprung-Russelldiagram is limited by (systematic) uncertainties related to thetransformations from observed colours and absolute magnitudes toeffective temperatures and luminosities. The new parallaxes providestringent constraints on the calibration of such transformations whencombined with detailed theoretical stellar evolutionary modelling,tailored to the chemical composition and age of the Hyades, over thelarge stellar mass range of the cluster probed by Hipparcos.
| The Hyades: distance, structure, dynamics, and age
{We use absolute trigonometric parallaxes from the Hipparcos Catalogueto determine individual distances to members of the Hyades cluster, fromwhich the 3-dimensional structure of the cluster can be derived.Inertially-referenced proper motions are used to rediscuss distancedeterminations based on convergent-point analyses. A combination ofparallaxes and proper motions from Hipparcos, and radial velocities fromground-based observations, are used to determine the position andvelocity components of candidate members with respect to the clustercentre, providing new information on cluster membership: 13 newcandidate members within 20 pc of the cluster centre have beenidentified. Farther from the cluster centre there is a gradual mergingbetween certain cluster members and field stars, both spatially andkinematically. Within the cluster, the kinematical structure is fullyconsistent with parallel space motion of the component stars with aninternal velocity dispersion of about 0.3 km s(-1) . The spatialstructure and mass segregation are consistent with N-body simulationresults, without the need to invoke expansion, contraction, rotation, orother significant perturbations of the cluster. The quality of theindividual distance determinations permits the cluster zero-age mainsequence to be accurately modelled. The helium abundance for the clusteris determined to be Y =3D 0.26+/-0.02 which, combined with isochronemodelling including convective overshooting, yields a cluster age of625+/-50 Myr. The distance to the observed centre of mass (a conceptmeaningful only in the restricted context of the cluster memberscontained in the Hipparcos Catalogue) is 46.34+/-0.27 pc, correspondingto a distance modulus m-M=3D3.33+/-0.01 mag for the objects within 10 pcof the cluster centre (roughly corresponding to the tidal radius). Thisdistance modulus is close to, but significantly better determined than,that derived from recent high-precision radial velocity studies,somewhat larger than that indicated by recent ground-based trigonometricparallax determinations, and smaller than those found from recentstudies of the cluster convergent point. These discrepancies areinvestigated and explained. } Based on observations made with the ESAHipparcos astrometry satellite. Table~2 is also available in electronicform at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5)or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Abstract.html
| ROSAT All-Sky Survey Observations of the Hyades Cluster
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1995ApJ...448..683S&db_key=AST
| The Henry Draper Extension Charts: A catalogue of accurate positions, proper motions, magnitudes and spectral types of 86933 stars
The Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published in the form offinding charts, provide spectral classification for some 87000 starsmostly between 10th and 11th magnitude. This data, being highlyvaluable, as yet was practically unusable for modern computer-basedastronomy. An earlier pilot project (Roeser et al. 1991) demonstrated apossibility to convert this into a star catalogue, using measurements ofcartesian coordinates of stars on the charts and positions of theAstrographic Catalogue (AC) for subsequent identification. We presenthere a final HDEC catalogue comprising accurate positions, propermotions, magnitudes and spectral classes for 86933 stars of the HenryDraper Extension Charts.
| Radio continuum emission from stars: a catalogue update.
An updated version of my catalogue of radio stars is presented. Somestatistics and availability are discussed.
| ROSAT X-ray luminosity functions of the Hyades dK and dM stars
Long-duration ROSAT PSPC pointed observations of the Hyades open starcluster are performed. The Hyades dK and XLFs from the presentobservations are compared with published Einstein dK/dM XLFs. The HyadesdK binaries have significantly higher L(X) than the Hyades dK stars.However, all these binaries have relatively long periods (greater thanabout 1 yr), and hence the L(X) levels cannot be attributed to theenhanced activity expected in short-period, 'BY Dra-type' systems. It isalso shown that the effect cannot be due simply to the summedluminosities of the component stars.
| Low-Mass Stars in the Hyades
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1993MNRAS.265..785R&db_key=AST
| The low mass Hyades and the evaporation of clusters
The 135 single stars and 85 binary systems, redder than R-I = +0.34 magand brighter than V = 17 mag, between alpha = 3.75 h and 5.0 h and delta= +5 deg and + 25 deg show a luminosity function that differsconsiderably from that of the general field stars within 20 pc of theSun. The ratio of double star components to single cluster membersincreases markedly with decreasing luminosity. Forty-three single starsand 16 binary systems that are members of the Hyades supercluster within20 pc of the Sun show the same luminosity function as the field stars inthat region. Fifty percent of the cluster members and 40 percent of thesupercluster members are components of binary stars. The equivalentwidths of H-alpha appear to support a range of ages (approximately 8 to16 x 108 yr) for the cluster stars and demonstrate that theoldest objects are in the supercluster. A list of cluster members, whichmay include the end of the stable main sequence, but for which accurate(R-I) photometry is not available, is included. The half-dozen knownparallax stars of the faintest luminosity contain at least onesupercluster member, TVLM 868-110639, which is probably beyond thestable, nuclear burning main sequence as a 'transitional' or 'brown'dwarf.
| Proper motions from Schmidt plates. II - The Hyades
COSMOS scans of photographic plates taken by the Palomar Oschin Schmidttelescope and by the UK Schmidt telescope are used to obtain propermotions for about 450,000 stars within a 112-sq-deg region covering partof the Hyades luster. With epoch differences of 33 to 37 yr, propermotions accurate to 6-12 milliarcsec/yr are obtained, and 393 candidateHyades to a limiting magnitude of about 15.5, including at least two newwhite dwarf candidates, are identified. The main-sequence luminosityfunction determined from this sample is similar to that defined by localfield stars, with a broad maximum at about +12. Both the line-of-sightand surface density distributions show evidence for significant masssegregation; the overall proper motion distribution suggests a tightcore centered within a much broader distribution. A total mass of410-480 solar masses and a gravitational binding radius of about 10.5 pcare derived.
| Four colour and H-beta photometry for low mass members in open clusters. II - The Hyades
Photoelectric uvby and H-beta photometry has been obtained for 28low-mass members in the Hyades cluster. The stars observed are G and Ktype stars of the lower main sequence with colors up to (b-y) = 0.8 mag,selected from the proper motion study of Van Altena (1969) with highprobability of membership. Their position in the related four color andH-beta photometric diagrams is discussed. The derived values for thedistance modulus and metallicity are compatible with the common acceptedvalues for this cluster. The c1-(b-y) plane shows the persistence of theHyades anomaly in the G star range, disappearing for late G and Kspectral types. This result is in good agreement with previous resultsobtained by the authors for the Praesepe star cluster.
| The chromospheric activity of low-mass stars in the Hyades
High-resolution spectra or narrow-band H-alpha photometry of 106 dwarf Kand M stars in the Hyades cluster have been used to determine H-alphaequivalent widths. These data reveal a sequence of Hyades members withH-alpha in absorption for photospheric temperatures hotter than about3500 K. Within this sequence, the dispersion about the mean equivalentwidth-color relation is only slightly larger than the measurementerrors. A second sequence of Hyades members, characterized by H-alphaemission and significant scatter at a given color, appears at effectivetemperatures cooler than about 4000 K. This bifurcation in H-alphaproperties at 4000 K coincides with a bifurcation in the rotationalcharacteristics of Hyades stars: the dispersion in the rotationalvelocities of the hotter Hyades members at a given effective temperatureis small while the cooler stars exhibit significant scatter in theirrotational velocities. On the basis of these data, it is suggested thatlow-mass stars spin down to rotational velocities dependent upon massand age, but independent of premain-sequence angular momentum.
| Parallaxes of stars in the Hyades Cluster region - A comparison of hand and automatic measures
Parallaxes and proper motions are presented for 30 members of the HyadesCluster and 223 field stars in 13 fields located near the center of thecluster. The series of photographic plates are extensive and they weremeasured twice; first, by hand, using a conventional two-screw measuringmachine, and also with a PDS microdensitometer. A comparison of the twosets of measures reveals that the internal and external errors inparallax average about + or - 0.005 arcsec for the central stars fromautomatic PDS measures and about twice this amount for the data measuredby hand. The parallaxes of the member stars yield a distance modulus of3.30, in excellent agreement with the average of many prior distancedeterminations for the cluster. The parallaxes of the field starsconfirm a small amount of coma or higher-order terms in the opticalsystem of the Van Vleck refractor. They also confirm that, within afield of one half degree radius centered on the optical axis and over arange in visual magnitude from 8.5 to 13, the errors in parallax varyonly slightly over the most optimum conditions.
| Very active chromosphere stars and the age, chromosphere activity relation
The wide range of objects in stellar superclusters and groups near thesun is used in an attempt to define normal stellar chromosphericbehavior, with which 'very active chromosphere' (VAC) stars can beisolated. Two chromosphere signatures, soft X-ray flux, and Mg II h andk line flux, are discussed. The X-ray flux is of limited use in thisregard because of a wide range of variation with time, although themaximum values are well defined for stars of a given age. The VAC stars,which have an excessive X-ray flux, also have an excessive bolometricflux. The ratio of the Mg II h and k (and Ca II H and K) line emissionand the total bolometric emission, R(hk) decreases with bolometricluminosity. The rate of decrease in log R(hk), 0.175 (35.00 - logLBOL), is not very dependent on stellar age, but the zeropoint at log LBOL = 35.00 decades varies from log R(hk) =-4.45 decades for main-sequence stars in the Pleiades supercluster(200-300 million yr) to - 4.91 decades for those in the HR 1614 group (8billion yr). The age dependence of R(hk) is clearly demonstrated notonly by the supercluster and group stars but by the 'Mount Wilsonsample' of objects that have been observed in Ca II H and K for over 15years (e.g., Noyes et al., 1984). Several determinations (e.g.,Soderblom and Clements, 1987) have established a linear relation betweenR(hk) and R(HK). Some 50 stars in the Mount Wilson sample havewell-established luminosities and space motions (e.g., Eggen, 1989) thatallow the separation of young and old disk stars in velocity space(Eggen, 1989). The young disk stars all have values of R(hk) thatidentify them as having ages less than the youngest Hyades superclustermembers (about 600 million yr).
| Further Cousins VRI photometry of the Hyades and M67
New V magnitudes and/or (VRI)C colors are reported for 17 Hyads and 11bright M67 stars. It is found that a source of variation in the Hyads(probably chromospheric variation) can change R-I while leaving V-Runaffected. The V magnitude can also vary, but is uncorrelated with R-I.The time scale for color variation is roughly a week; V magnitudes canvary on time scales from weeks to years.
| A radial-velocity survey of the Hyades
Photoelectric radial-velocity measurements, obtained with external erroras small as 0.1 km/s using the 200-inch Hale telescope at PalomarObservatory during the period 1971-1986, are reported for over 400candidate members (with V magnitude between 6 and 14) of the Hyadescluster. The history of Hyades observations is recalled; the Palomarinstrumentation and observing program are described; the data-reductionand standardization procedures are discussed in detail; and the data arepresented in extensive tables and graphs. About 200 of the stars areclassified as cluster members, including 60 spectroscopic binaries.
| Photometry of possible members of the Hyades cluster. VII
Photoelectric observations in BVRI colors have been obtained for 156stars, 124 of them without previous photometry, which have beensuspected of being members of the Hyades star cluster on the basis oftheir proper motion. About half appear to be probable or possiblecluster members, and of these, about one-quarter lie outside the tidalradius of the cluster. Most of the stars included here are faint andwere without published finding charts. Their identifications wereconfirmed form motions observed on plates taken in the course of theLick Northern Proper Motion Survey, and we provide finding charts forthem. This list raises to over 700 the number of Hyades candidates thathave been observed during the course of this photometric survey. Roughlyhalf of these appear to be probable or possible cluster members.
| The Einstein Observatory survey of stars in the Hyades cluster region
The paper reports the results of an extensive X-ray study of the Hyadesregion and improves on previous studies by using refined X-ray sourcedetection algorithms and the complete set of Einstein Observatory IPCexposures covering the Hyades cluster region (a total of 63 1 x 1 degimages). Maximum likelihood integral X-ray luminosity functions werecomputed for the Hyades stars for given color index (B-V) ranges. Thepresent results agree substantially with a previous survey about theubiquity of the stellar activity in the Hyades cluster, especially amongsolar-type stars. The result of Stern et al. (1981) that stellar X-rayemission is dependent on stellar age is confrimed.
| Rotational velocities of low-mass stars in the Hyades
High-resolution echelle spectra have been used to estimate rotationalvelocities for K and M dwarfs in the Hyades. All of the K dwarfs haverotational velocities less than the instrumental limit of 10 km/s. Mostof the M dwarfs with (R - I)K larger than 1.0 have detectable rotationalvelocities, with v sin i between 10 and 20 km/s. Combining these datawith results from the younger Pleiades and Alpha Persei clusters, it isfound that G dwarfs spin down from about 100 km/s to about 10 km/s inless than 40 million yr, whereas M dwarfs take an order of magnitudelonger to spin down.
| Chromosphere emission in late main sequence stars of different masses and ages
Results on observations of emission components in the H and K lines ofCa II and in the h and k lines of Mg II of main sequence late typestars, belonging to the young Hyades and Coma clusters and the oldmoving groups, Zeta Her, epsilon Ind, sigma Pup, and Arcturus arepresented. An approach to obtain integrated emission fluxes of Mg IIlines from IUE low resolution spectra of solar and late type MS stars isproposed. From a preliminary analysis of the Ca II and Mg II emissionluminosity, the relation L(chrom) alpha mass upsilon is found to bevalid at least for young cluster stars, with upsilon = 4.34 for theHyades. A probable dependence of the chromospheric emission luminosityfrom the metallic abundance in the old disk population stars isdiscussed.
| Positions of 127 Hyads and 6-cm observations of 320 Hyads
Accurate positions are given for 127 Hyades cluster stars whichpreviously had only approximate positions known. The fields of 320Hyads, including 55 X-ray stars, were observed with the VLA to a 6-cmdetection level of approximately 0.5 mJy. There were no detections.
| Photometry of possible members of the Hyades cluster. VI
Photoelectric observations in BVRI colors have been obtained for about200 stars suspected of being members of the Hyades cluster, mostly onthe basis of their proper motions. More than half of this total havebeen observed photometrically for the first time; the rest are mostlystars covered in the early papers of this series for which the V - Rcolors had not been determined and for which the accuracy of thephotometry could be improved by reobservation. Based on the photometry,about half of these stars appear to be probable cluster members. Most ofthe stars included here are faint and have appeared in proper-motionlists for which identification charts have not been available. Theiridentifications were confirmed from their motions measured on platestaken in the course of the Lick Proper Motion Survey. This list raisesto about 810 the total number of stars in the Hyades region withbroadband photometry. Of these, 365 appear to be probable or possiblemembers of the cluster.
| Photometry of stars in the uvgr system
Photoelectric photometry is presented for over 400 stars using the uvgrsystem of Thuan and Gunn. Stars were selected to cover a wide range ofspectral type, luminosity class, and metallicity. A mean main sequenceis derived along with reddening curves and approximate transformationsto the UBVR system. The calibration of the standard-star sequence issignificantly improved.
| Color anomalies and starspots in Hyades dwarfs
Hyades dwarfs later than about F7 show color anomalies which are foundto correlate well with various indicators of chromospheric activity. Itis proposed that the color anomalies are due to starspots, whichapparently also cause the low level photometric variations seen in somestars. That some stars with small color anomaly are variable, plus thefinding that Hyades dwarfs show a mean color anomaly relative to fieldstars, implies that virtually all late-type Hyades are spotted.Intermediate band photometry of spotted stars could give an apparentoverestimate of the metallicity. This may explain why many Hyadesabundance estimates from photometry are larger than from spectroscopicanalyses. Similarly, starspots could explain the 'Hyades anomaly', thec1 excess of unevolved Hyades dwarfs relative to field stars. Starspotscould lead to a displacement of the Hyades from the standard mainsequence in the color-magnitude diagram, but detailed models of spottedstars are required to test this. Tentative evidence is found that Hyadesdwarfs are roughly 0.1 mag brighter in V than field stars of the same B- V and metallicity. A new value of the solar B - V color is derived inthe Appendix.
| A Photometric Search for Halo Binaries - Part Two - Results
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1983AJ.....88..623C&db_key=AST
| The Hyades main sequence
Intermediate band, H-beta and RI observations of 72 Hyades cluster starsto V = 11 mag are reported and discussed. A modulus of 3.2 mag isderived on the basis of a comparison with field stars of large parallax.Also presented are observations of 98 main-sequence stars of the Hyadesgroup that were previously found to be group members from kinematicalconsiderations. Parallaxes of the group stars, computed on theassumption that they are members of an extended Hyades cluster, yieldmean values of (U, V, W) = (+40.5, -18.4, -4.9) km/s, with dispersionsof (2.3, 2.3, 6.0) km/s, compared with (+41.7, -18.4, -2.0) and (2.6,1.3, 1.9) km/s for the brightest cluster members. It is noted that allthe stars discussed can be considered as members of a supercluster inwhich only a slight relaxation control of the W velocities is presentfor stars far from the nucleus. Evidence is found, including that of thePraesepe cluster at Z = +80 pc, for some interchange between the U, V,and W velocities in stars farthest from the galactic plane, with thetotal cluster velocity being maintained.
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| Constellation: | Ταύρος |
| Right ascension: | 04h23m54.41s |
| Declination: | +14°03'07.5" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 11.256 |
| Distance: | 44.307 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 117 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -19.3 |
| B-T magnitude: | 12.15 |
| V-T magnitude: | 11.33 |
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