We present JHK near-infrared photometric study for the old open cluster (OC) Trumpler 5 (Tr 5), based on the 2MASS data. From the color-magnitude diagrams of Tr 5, we have located the position of the red giant clump (RGC) stars, and used the mean magnitude of the RGC stars in K-band to estimate the distance to Tr 5, d = 3:1±0:1 kpc ((m-M)0 = 12:46±0:04). From fitting the theoretical isochrones of Padova group, we have estimated the reddening, metallicity, and age : E(B-V ) = 0:64±0:05, [Fe/H] = -0:4 ± 0:1 dex, and t = 2:8 ± 0:2 Gyr (log t = 9:45 ± 0:04), respectively. These parameters generally agree well with those obtained from the previous studies on Tr 5 and confirms that this cluster is an old OC with metallicity being metal-poorer than solar abundance, located in the anti-Galactic center region.

We present a study of the old open cluster Trumpler 5 (Tr 5), based on the CDS archival data. From the color-magnitude diagrams of Tr 5, we have found the positions of main-sequence turn-off (MSTO) and red giant clump (RGC) stars. Using the mean magnitude of the RGC stars, we have estimated the reddening toward Tr 5, E(B - V) = 0.60 ± 0.10. Using the stars common in two data sets and the theoretical isochrones of Padova group, we have estimated the distance modulus Vo - Mv = 12.64 ± 0.20 (d = 3.4 ± 0.3 kpc), the metallicity [Fe/H) = -0.30 ± 0.10, and the age of 2.4 ± 0.2 Gyr (log t = 9.38). These metallicity and distance values are consistent with the relation between the metallicity and the Galactocentric distance of other old open clusters, for which we obtain the slope of Δ[Fe/H]/ Rgc = -0.064 ± 0.010 dex kpc-1.