CCDphotometric search for peculiar stars in open clusters. V. NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756

PAUNZEN, E.; PINTADO, O.I.; MAITZEN, M.H.

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

EDPS

Año: 2003 vol. 412 p. 721 - 725

0004-6361

We have investigated 1008 objects in the area of five intermediate age open clusters (NGC 2099, NGC 3114, NGC 6204, NGC 6705 and NGC 6756) via the narrow band Δ a-system. The detection limit for photometric peculiarity is very low (always less than 0.009 mag) due to the high number of individual frames used (193 in total). We have detected six peculiar objects in NGC 6705 and NGC 6756 from which one in the latter is almost certainly an unreddened late type foreground star. The remaining five stars are probably cluster members and bona fide chemically peculiar objects (two are łambda Bootis type candidates). Furthermore, we have investigated NGC 3114, a cluster for which already photoelectric Δ a-measurements exist. A comparison of the CCD and photoelectric values shows very good agreement. Again, the high capability of our CCD Δ a-photometric system to sort out true peculiar objects together with additional measurements from broad or intermediate band photometry is demonstrated. Based on observations obtained at Complejo Astronómico el Leoncito (CASLEO), operated under the agreement between the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina and the National Universities of La Plata, Córdoba y San Juan; ESO-La Silla, UTSO-Las Campanas and L. Figl Observatory, Mt. Schöpfl (Austria). Figure 1 and Table 2 are only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org