Priya Hasan
IUCAA, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
Abstract. The present paper gives a brief description of the observations
and analysis of the young star clusters NGC 1960, NGC 2453 and NGC 2384
observed in the near infrared bands at the Mt Abu Infrared Observatory,
Gurushikhar in February 2000. Estimates of distance and age for these
clusters for the first time using JHK data have been obtained. The colour-magnitude
diagrams of these clusters have been extended to the fainter end as far
as possible. The observed data was found to agree reasonably well with that
obtained by 2MASS. A more detailed paper will be published elsewhere.
Keywords: near infrared - young star clusters - colour-magnitude diagrams - 2MAS