31 white dwarfs in 10 open clusters are examined, and their maximum mass and the upper mass limit of their progenitors are obtained as 1.22±0.02M⊙ and 7.2±0.4⊙ respectively, suggesting that the upper mass limit of white dwarfs is less than 8M⊙. The final mass of white dwarfs shows no clear correlation with the initial mass of their progenitors, and it is found that a deficient gap of initial mass exists between ~4 and ~5.2M⊙. This gap seems to correspond to the mass range for carbon detonation or deflagration. The total expected numbers of white dwarfs are 11~22 in Hyades with 7 known white dwarfs and 17 in Praesepe with 8 known white dwarfs. These known white dwrfs are all younger than the others in both clusters. But one known white dwarf in Pleiades is older one among 2~3 expected white dwarfs.

• LEE SEE-WOO(Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University)
• SUNG HWANKYUNG(Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University)