| Issue |
A&A
Volume 502, Number 2, August I 2009
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 559 - 567 | |
| Section | Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911853 | |
| Published online | 27 May 2009 | |
The stellar population of the star-forming region G61.48+0.09*
1
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain e-mail: amarin@iac.es
2
Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
3
Departamento de Astrofisica Molecular e Infrarroja, IEM, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
4
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
Received:
16
February
2009
Accepted:
21
April
2009
Context. We present the results of a near-infrared photometric and spectroscopic study of the star-forming region G61.48+0.09.
Aims. The purpose of this study is to characterize the stellar content of the cluster and to determine its distance, extinction, age, and mass.
Methods. The stellar population was studied by using color–magnitude diagrams to select twenty promising cluster members, for which follow-up spectroscopy was done. The observed spectra allowed a spectral classification of the stars.
Results. Two stars have emission lines, twelve are G-type stars, and six are late-O or early-B stars.
Conclusions. The cluster's extinction varies from 
to
, (or 
to 
). G61.48+0.09 is a star-forming region located at 
kpc. The cluster is younger than 10 Myr and has a minimum stellar mass of 
. However, the actual total
mass of the cluster remains undetermined, as we cannot see its whole stellar content.
Key words: stars: early-type / Galaxy: structure / infrared: stars / stars: Hertzprung-Russel (HR) and C-M diagrams / Galaxy: open clusters and associations: andividual: G61.48+0.09
© ESO, 2009
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