Indonesia University of Education

Putri Siti Rahma

Physics Department

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
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Telescopes at Earth and Space Laboratory

Celestron 11 inch AstroMaster 70AZ

(focal length 900 mm f/13)
 AstroMaster 130EQ
Skywatcher (focal length 910 mm f/11)
(focal length 650 mm f/5)
Skywatcher (focal length 1500 mm f/12)
 PHOTOMETRIC STUDIES
OF STARS IN THE REGION OF M6 AND M7
OPEN CLUSTERS
Introduction

M6 (Butterfly cluster) M7 (Ptolemy’s cluster)

(http://cseligman.com/text/stars/messieropen) (http://cseligman.com/text/stars/messieropen)

M6 and M7 is a gorgeous pair of star clusters. There are many different

information about distance and size of these clusters. It is probably caused by
influence of field stars in both clusters (Vleeming,G. 1974). In our observation on
field stars of M6 and M7, those are stars which have distance range about 50’
from the centre of M6 and 80’ from the center of M7.

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Observation and Data Reduction

Observations have been carried

out by using a Celestron C8-SGT
f/10 0,203 m telescope with Vixen
Sphinx mounting and SBIG ST-
8XME CCD camera at Bosscha
Observatory on June 7th in year
2010. The CCD camera was
equipped with B,V,R,I filters and
as long as 10 seconds exposure
time pictures have been obtained.
The digital images have size of
23,3’ x 15,56’ field of view.

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Observation and Data Reduction

CCD Image of stars in the region of M6

Observation and Data Reduction

CCD Image of stars in the region of M7

Observation and Data Reduction

The object and M6 Open Clusters in Cartes Du Ciel Software

Observation and Data Reduction

The object and M7 Open Clusters in Cartes Du Ciel Software

Observation and Data Reduction

The calibrated images were then measuring using IRAF software, and then we
obtained instrumental magnitudes by using aperture photometry. Because we
didn’t observe standard stars, we used transformation equation which is
obtained by Kuncarayakti et al (2006).

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Result and Discussion

9.5

10

10.5
V

11

11.5

12
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
B-V

H-R Diagram of stars in the region M6

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Result and Discussion

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V

10

11

12
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

B-V

H-R Diagram of stars in the region M7

 THANK YOU
TERIMA KASIH