Proper motions in NGC 752

For stars located far from the field centre as well for fainter stars, an additional factor proportional to the accuracy degradation should be applied. Table I. Assigned weights. ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Pair No.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |---------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| | Weight | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- Example: For the star No. 40 the weighted standard error of the proper motion is as follows: 3.7/sqrt(2.3+2.8)*1.5=2.5 mas/yr.

The degradation factor of 1.5 comes from the decreased accuracy for the faint stars located at the edge of the field investigated. More detailed information on measured plates, standard errors, assigned weights, membership probabilities etc. is given in Platais (1991A&AS...87...69P). The membership probabilities were calculated assuming that on the vector-point diagram the distribution of field stars is essentially flat within a limited area around the centroid of the cluster member proper motion distribution.

A clear separation of field and cluster stars is achieved.