1999MNRAS.304..883P

We present UBVI charge-coupled device (CCD) photometry of two open clusters NGC 1798 and 2192, which have been little studied before. Colour–magnitude diagrams of these clusters show several features that are typical of old open clusters: a well-defined main sequence, a red giant clump, and a small number of red giants. The main sequence of NGC 1798 shows a distinct gap at V ~ 16.2 mag. From the surface number density distribution we have measured the size of the clusters, obtaining 8.3 arcmin (= 10.2 pc) for NGC 1798 and 7.3 arcmin (= 7.5 pc) for NGC 2192. Then we have determined the reddening, metallicity, and distance of these clusters using the colour–colour diagrams and colour–magnitude diagrams: E(B-V)=0.51±0.04, [Fe/H] = -0.47 ±0.15 dex and (m-M)₀=13.1±0.2 (d=4.2±0.3 kpc) for NGC 1798, and E(B-V)=0.20 ±0.03, [Fe/H] = -0.31±0.15 dex and (m-M)₀=12.7±0.2 (d=3.5±0.3 kpc) for NGC 2192. The ages of these clusters have been estimated using the morphological age indicators and the isochrone fitting with the Padova isochrones: 1.4 ±0.2 Gyr for NGC 1798 and 1.1±0.1 Gyr for NGC 2192. The luminosity functions of the main-sequence stars in these clusters are found to be similar to other old open clusters. The metallicity and distance of these clusters are consistent with the relation between the metallicity and the Galactocentric distance of other old open clusters.