1306.1369 (S. Boudreault et al.)

Photometric, astrometric, and spectroscopic survey of the old open cluster Praesepe    [PDF]

S. Boudreault, N. Lodieu

We analysed the wide-field near-infrared survey of the Praesepe cluster carried out by the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Clusters Survey (GCS) and released by the Data Release 9 (DR9). We compare our Praesepe mass function (MF) with the ones of the Pleiades, alpha Per, and the Hyades. We also present preliminary results of a spectroscopic follow-up for the low mass members (M=<0.1Msol) in Praesepe, alpha Per and Pleiades using the Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) mounted on the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). We also present the optical spectrum of the first L dwarf in Praesepe.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1369