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Shuart, Ross AllenIssue Date
1973Advisor
Humphreys, Roberta M.
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Previous work on the open cluster NGC 457 is discussed. The presence of a magnitude equation creates difficulty in using the published proper motions to determine membership of the brighter stars. Analysis of the available photometry reveals no systematic differences larger than 0.03 magnitude. The photometric distance modulus of the cluster is (m -M)₀ = 12.31 ± 0.25. The main sequence turnoff point, (B -V)ₜ = -0.24, indicates an age of 1.3 x 10⁷ years. MK classifications of previously unclassified cluster stars are used in a new evaluation of the spectroscopic distance, (m -M)₀ = 11.98 ± 0.39, which is brought into agreement with the photometric distance. Membership of the supergiant star 𝜙 Cas in the cluster seems likely, but cannot be proven. Some possible consequences of its membership are discussed.Type
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Graduate CollegeAstronomy