Analysis of magnitude-color diagrams of stellar clusters.

Date
2023-08-01
Authors
Sserwanga, Joseph
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Publisher
Makerere University
Abstract
The project aimed to estimate the ages of three stellar clusters (Melotte-72, Melotte-69, and Berkeley-29) through analysis of their Color-Magnitude Diagrams (CMDs) using the Turn-Off Point method with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Age estimates were approx imately 709.2 mega years for Melotte-72 and approximately 3.18 giga years for both Melotte-69 and Berkeley-29. Since Melotte-72 is an open cluster, it’s expected to be younger than Melotte 69 and Berkeley-29 which are globular clusters.
Description
A project report submitted to the Department of Physics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of science with Education of Makerere University.
Keywords
Stellar magnitudes, Color-Magnitude Diagrams (CMDs
Citation
Sserwanga, J. (2023). Analysis of Magnitude-Color Diagrams of Stellar Clusters.(Mak UD) .(Un published Undergraduate Dissertations).Makerere University ,Kampala, Uganda, Respository
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/18448
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School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection