Probing nearby Galactic structure through open star clusters
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2017-07-31 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
Based on the most complete sample of Galactic open star clusters up to 1.8 kpc, we performed statistical analysis of the distribution of open cluster parameters in order to understand the Galactic structure. The geometrical characteristics of a large number of open clusters enable us to determine solar offset and scale height and distribution of reddening material in the Galactic neighbourhood.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1707.09125,
title = {Probing nearby Galactic structure through open star clusters},
author = {Yogesh C. Joshi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09125},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, conference proceedings Stars: From Collapse to Collapse, Proceedings of a conference held at Special Astrophysical Observatory, Nizhny Arkhyz, Russia 3-7 October 2016. Edited by Yu. Yu. Balega, D. O. Kudryavtsev, I. I. Romanyuk, and I. A. Yakunin. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2017, p.81