Tidal tails in the disintegrating open cluster NGC 752

Author:

Bhattacharya Souradeep1ORCID,Agarwal Manan2ORCID,Rao Khushboo K2ORCID,Vaidya Kaushar2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ganeshkhind, Post Bag 4, Pune 411007, India

2. Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India

Abstract

ABSTRACT We utilize the robust membership determination algorithm, ML-MOC, on the precise astrometric and deep photometric data from Gaia Early Data Release 3 within a region of radius 5° around the centre of the intermediate-age Galactic open cluster NGC 752 to identify its member stars. We report the discovery of the tidal tails of NGC 752, extending out to ∼35 pc on either side of its denser central region and following the cluster orbit. From comparison with PARSEC stellar isochrones, we obtain the mass function of the cluster with a slope, χ = −1.26 ± 0.07. The high negative value of χ is indicative of a disintegrating cluster undergoing mass segregation. χ is more negative in the intra-tidal regions as compared to the outskirts of NGC 752. We estimate a present day mass of the cluster, $M\rm _{C} = 297\pm 10$ M⊙. Through mass-loss due to stellar evolution and tidal interactions, we further estimate that NGC 752 has lost nearly 95.2–98.5 per cent of its initial mass, Mi = 0.64–2 × 104 M⊙.

Funder

European Space Agency

MLA

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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