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New stellar and substellar candidate members of the Coma Berenices open star cluster

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posted on 2023-05-17, 14:36 authored by Casewell, SL, Jameson, RF, Dobbie, PD
We present the results of a survey of the open star cluster Melotte 111 in Coma Berenices, undertaken using the USNO-B1.0 and 2MASS Point Source catalogues. On the basis of their astrometric and photometric properties, we have identified 60 new candidate members with masses in the range 1.007 < M < 0.269 M⊙. We estimate a membership probability for each by extracting control clusters from the proper motion vector diagram. All 60 are found to have greater than 60 per cent probability of being cluster members, which if they are confirmed as members, more than doubles the number of known cluster members. We also have I and Z photometry for 100 low mass candidate members of the cluster, 13 of which we suggest may be brown dwarfs.

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Publication title

Astronomische Nachrichten

Volume

326

Issue

10

Pagination

991-995

ISSN

0004-6337

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh

Place of publication

Po Box 10 11 61, Weinheim, Germany, D-69451

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Copyright 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

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