Date Presented:

2013/09/1

Abstract:

We use JHK photometry from the 2MASS catalog to construct color-magnitude diagrams and density profiles of intermediate age open clusters in the Galaxy, that appear to contain carbon stars within their radius. The clusters in the sample have not been extensively studied in the past, as they are often very low density as well as extended and therefore difficult to observe. We have used the most recent Padova isochrones (Bressan et al. 2013) to estimate the ages of the clusters.

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