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We have identified a large number of possible very low mass members of the cluster IC2391 based primarily on their location in an I versus (R-I)_C CM diagram. We have obtained new photometry and low resolution ($Delta lambda = 2.7$ AA) spectroscopy of 19 of these objects (14.9 $le$ I_C $le$ 17.5) in order to confirm cluster membership. We identify 15 of our targets as likely cluster members based on their spectral types, radial velocity, EW(NaI8200AA), and H(alpha) emission strengths. One of these stars has a definite lithium detection and two other (fainter) stars have possible lithium detections. We find the lithium depletion boundary in IC2391 is at I_C=16.2, which implies an age for IC2391 of 53$pm$5 Myr. While this is considerably older than the age most commonly attributed for this cluster (~35 Myr), the correction factor to the IC2391 age is comparable to those recently derived for the Pleiades and alpha Per clusters and can be explained by new models for high mass stars that incorporate a modest amount of convective core overshooting.
We have obtained new photometry and intermediate resolution ($Delta lambda = 2.7$ AA ) spectra of 19 of these objects (14.9 $le$ $I_c$ $le$ 17.5) in order to confirm cluster membership. We identify 15 of our targets as likely cluster members based
High-dispersion spectra centered on the Li 6708 A line have been obtained for 70 potential members of the open cluster NGC 3680, with an emphasis on stars in the turnoff region. A measurable Li abundance has been derived for 53 stars, 39 of which hav
It is unclear whether chemically peculiar stars of the upper main sequence represent a class completely distinct from normal A-type stars, or whether there exists a continuous transition from the normal to the most peculiar late F- to early B-type st
We review our the status of the photometric searches of brown dwarfs and vely low mass stars in several young open clusters and present some results on the spectroscopic follow-up, including new cluster ages based on the position of the lithium depletion boundary.
Galactic open clusters have been long recognized as one of the best tools to investigate the chemical content of Galactic disk and its time evolution. In the last decade, many efforts have been directed to chemically characterize the old and intermed