Open AccessStructure and Mass Function of Open Cluster NGC 6910
Author(s) -
Harmeen Kaur,
Saurabh Sharma,
Alok Durgapal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of mountain research/journal of mountain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-5011
pISSN - 0974-3030
DOI - 10.51220/jmr.v14i1.20
Subject(s) - open cluster , cluster (spacecraft) , star cluster , astrophysics , luminosity function , physics , function (biology) , star (game theory) , extinction (optical mineralogy) , luminosity , evolutionary biology , astronomy , biology , stars , galaxy , computer science , programming language , optics
NGC 6910 is located in a Cygnus X region, which is a ∼10◦ complex of actively star formingmolecular clouds and young clusters, located at a distance of about 1.7 kpc (Reipurth & Schneider 2008). Open clusters possess many favorable characteristics for initial mass function (IMF) studies. The observed mass function of a star cluster can in principle be determined from the observed luminosity function (LF) using theoretical stellar evolutionary models. Here, we are presenting our initial results related to structureparameters, extinction, distance and mass function of open cluster NGC 6910 based on the deep and wide field mosaic images taken from 1.0m Sampurnand telescope of ARIES, India.