The Mass Function at the End of the Main Sequence: The M35 Open Cluster

Martín, E. L.; Bouvier, J.; Stauffer, J. R.; Barrado y Navascués, D.
Bibliographical reference

Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 263, Issue 1/4, p. 303-306 (1998).

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1998
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
7
Refereed citations
6
Description
We present very deep RIc photometry of the M35 open cluster. We have covered 30' \times 30', equivalent to about a fourth of the total area of the cluster. The data range from I_c=17.5 to 23.5 magnitudes, and the color interval is $0.5 \le (R-I)_c \le 2.5$. Roughly, these values correspond from $0.6 M_\odot$ to $0.1 M_\odot$ in the cases of members of the cluster. By using the location of the stars on a Color-Magnitude Diagram, we have selected possible members of this cluster and obtained the Luminosity and Mass Functions of the M35 open cluster and compared them with those from the Pleiades.