We present a new supergiant-rich stellar cluster hidden by extinction and christen it as Barb\'a 2, in honor of its discoverer Rodolfo Barb\'a. The cluster is at a distance of 7.39−0.55+0.65 kpc and contains several supergiants, of which we provide spectral classifications for one blue, one yellow, and five red ones. The cluster extinction indicates an above-average grain-size (R5495∼3.7), its age has a minimum value of 10 Ma, and its core radius is 0.84±0.19 pc.
@article{arxiv.2407.20812,
title = {Barb\'a 2: A new supergiant-rich Galactic stellar cluster},
author = {J. Maíz Apellániz and I. Negueruela},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.20812},
year = {2024}
}
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To appear in Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics XIII, P252, new version with updated style file