우즈베키스탄 Maidanak 천문대 AZT-22 1.5 m 망원경(f/7.74)과 SITe 2000×800 CCD를 사용하여 3개의 δ Cep 변광성 CEa Cas, CEb Cas 및 CF Cas가 있는 중년 산개성단 NGC 7790의 UBVI 측광 관측을 수행하였다. 관측자료는 IRAF/DAOPHOT를 이용하여 PSF 측광을 수행하였으며, V와 I 필터에서 모두 측광된 별의 수는 총 1008개이며, 측광 의 한계등급은 V≈22등급이다. 대기소광계수 및 측광영점을 결정하기 위하여 천구적도에 있는 여러 표준별과 청색 및 적색 표준별을 다양한 대기투과량에서 관측하였다. 표준별 측광을 통해 대기소광계수 및 측광영점을 결정하고, 성단의 측광자료는 Johnson-Cousins UBVI 표준계로 변환하였다. NGC 7790의 UBVI 색-등급도와 색-색도에서 이 성단의 B와 V 필터에서의 색초과량 [E(B−V )=0.58±0.02], B와 V 필터에서의 선택적 소광량 [RV≡ AV/E(B−V )=3.02±0.09] 및 거리 지수(V0−MV=12.65±0.10)를 얻었다. H-R도에서 세페이드 변광성의 위치를 고려하여 나이를 결정하였다. 이 과정에서 Padova 연구집단(Bressan et al., 2012)의 등연령곡선(Z =0.019)과 Geneva 연구집단(Ekström et al., 2012)의 등연령곡선 (Z =0.014)을 모두 사용하였고, 그중에서 자전을 고려한 Geneva 연구집단의 진화모형이 관측자료와 잘 일치하여 NGC 7790의 나이로 log age=8.05±0.05 [yr]를 얻었다. 또 NGC 7790내 세페이드 변광성의 절대등급은 세페이드 변광성의 평균 주기-광도 관계에 비해 분산 범위 내에 있기는 하지만 주어진 주기에서 평균적으로 약 0.5등급 정도 밝음을 확인 하였다.

There is much observational evidence that active star formation is taking place in the Hii regions Sh 2-255 – 257. We present a photometric study of this star forming region (SFR) using imaging data obtained in passbands from the optical to the mid-infrared, in order to study the star formation process. A total of 218 members were identified using various selection criteria based on their observational properties. The SFR is reddened by at least E(B −V ) = 0.8 mag, and the reddening law toward the region is normal (RV = 3.1). From the zero-age main sequence fitting method it is confirmed that the SFR is 2.1 ± 0.3 kpc from the Sun. The median age of the identified members is estimated to be about 1.3 Myr from a comparison of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD) with stellar evolutionary models. The initial mass function (IMF) is derived from the HRD and the near-infrared (J, J −H) color-magnitude diagram. The slope of the IMF is about 􀀀 = −1.6 ± 0.1, which is slightly steeper than that of the Salpeter/Kroupa IMF. It implies that low-mass star formation is dominant in the SFR. The sum of the masses of all the identified members provides the lower limit of the cluster mass (169M⊙). We also analyzed the spectral energy distribution (SED) of pre-main sequence stars using the SED fitting tool of Robitaille et al., and confirm that there is a significant discrepancy between stellar mass and age obtained from two different methods based on the SED fitting tool and the HRD.

We report the results of our high resolution optical spectroscopic monitoring campaign (⋋ = 3800 ~ 8800 Å, R = 30000 - 45000) of the new FU Orionis-type object HBC 722. We observed HBC 722 with the BOES 1.8-m telescope between November 26 and December 29, 2010, and FU Orionis itself on January 26, 2011. We detect a number of previously unreported high-resolution K I and Ca II lines beyond 7500 Å. We resolve the Hα and Ca II line profiles into three velocity components, which we attribute to both disk and outflow. The increased accretion during outburst can heat the disk to produce the relatively narrow absorption feature and launch outflows appearing as high velocity blue and red-shifted broad features.

Observation of standard stars is of crucial importance in stellar photometry. We have studied the standard transformation relations of the UBV RI CCD photometric system at the Maidanak Astronomical Observatory in Uzbekistan. All observations were made with the AZT-22 1.5m telescope, SITe 2k CCD or Fairchild 486 CCD, and standard Bessell UBV RI filters from 2003 August to 2007 September. We observed many standard stars around the celestial equator observed by SAAO astronomers. The atmospheric extinction coefficients, photometric zero points, and time variation of photometric zero points of each night were determined. Secondary extinction coefficients and photometric zero points were very stable, while primary extinction coefficients showed a distinct seasonal variation. We also determined the transformation coefficients for each filter. For B, V , R, and I filters, the transformation to the SAAO standard system could be achieved with a straight line or a combination of two straight lines. However, in the case of the U filter and Fairchild 486 CCD combination, a significant non-linear correction term - related to the size of Balmer jump or the strength of the Balmer lines - of up to 0:08 mags was required. We found that our data matched well the SAAO photometry in V , B - V , V - I, and R - I. But in U - B, the difference in zero point was about 3:6 mmag and the scatter was about 0:02 mag. We attribute the relatively large scatter in U -B to the larger error in U of the SAAO photometry. We confirm the mostly small differences between the SAAO standard UBV RI system and the Landolt standard system. We also attempted to interpret the seasonal variation of the atmospheric extinction coefficients in the context of scattering sources in the earth’s atmosphere.