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A new method for the determination of open cluster membership based on a cumulative effect is proposed. In the field of a plate the relative x and y coordinate positions of each star with respect to all the other stars are added. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-18 G. Javakhishvili , V. Kukhianidze , M. Todua , R. Inasaridze

Star clusters are interesting laboratories to study star formation, single and binary stellar evolution, and stellar dynamics. We have used the exquisite data from $Gaia$'s data release 3 (DR3) to study 21 relatively rich and nearby open…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 Anindya Ganguly , Prasanta K. Nayak , Sourav Chatterjee

We have been represented the collective information of estimation procedures of parameters of the open clusters and put them together for showing the importance of clusters to understand their role in stellar evolution phenomenon. Moreover,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-24 Gireesh C. Joshi

The existing open cluster membership determination algorithms are either prior dependent on some known parameters of clusters or are not automatable to large samples of clusters. In this paper, we present, ML-MOC, a new machine learning…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-16 Manan Agarwal , Khushboo K. Rao , Kaushar Vaidya , Souradeep Bhattacharya

In this paper, we apply the machine learning clustering algorithm Density Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) to study the membership of stars in twelve open clusters (NGC~2264, NGC~2682, NGC~2244, NGC~3293,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-17 Mudasir Raja , Priya Hasan , Md Mahmudunnobe , Md Saifuddin , S N Hasan

Interstellar polarimetric data of the six open clusters Hogg 15, NGC 6611, NGC 5606, NGC 6231, NGC 5749 and NGC 6250 have been used to estimate the membership probability for the stars within them. For proper-motion member stars, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Biman J. Medhi , Motohide Tamura

Clusterix 2.0 is a web-based, Virtual Observatory-compliant, interactive tool for the determination of membership probabilities in stellar clusters based on proper motion data using a fully non-parametric method. In the area occupied by the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 L. Balaguer-Núñez , M. Lopez , E. Solano , D. Galadí-Enríquez , C. Jordi , F. Jimenez-Esteban , E. Masana , J. Carbajo-Hijarrubia , E. Paunzen

Context. Open clusters that emerged from the star forming regions as gravitationally bound structures are subjected to star evaporation, ejection, and tidal forces throughout the rest of their lives. Consequently they form tidal tails that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-30 Janez Kos

Membership of stars in open clusters is one of the most crucial parameters in studies of star clusters. Gaia opened a new window in the estimation of membership because of its unprecedented 6-D data. In the present study, we used published…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-28 Md Mahmudunnobe , Priya Hasan , Mudasir Raja , S N Hasan

We present a new technique designed to take full advantage of the high dimensionality (photometric, astrometric, temporal) of the DANCe survey to derive self-consistent and robust membership probabilities of the Pleiades cluster. We aim at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 L. M. Sarro , H. Bouy , A. Berihuete , E. Bertin , E. Moraux , J. Bouvier , J. -C. Cuillandre , D. Barrado , E. Solano

We introduce a new method to determine galaxy cluster membership based solely on photometric properties. We adopt a machine learning approach to recover a cluster membership probability from galaxy photometric parameters and finally derive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-26 P. A. A. Lopes , A. L. B. Ribeiro

In this work we present a method to identify possible members of globular clusters using data from Gaia DR2. The method consists of two stages: the first one based on a clustering algorithm, and the second one based on the analysis of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 I. H. Bustos Fierro , J. H. Calderón

Stellar membership determination of an open cluster is an important process to do before further analysis. Basically, there are two classes of membership determination method: parametric and non-parametric. In this study, an alternative of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-16 R. Priyatikanto , M. I. Arifyanto

We present a novel approach for identifying members of open star clusters using Gaia DR3 data by combining Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) and Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) techniques. Our method employs a three-step process: initial filtering…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-11 Rafe Sharif , M. Khakian Ghomi , M. Taefi

The open clusters fundamental physical parameters are important tools to understand the formation and evolution of the Galactic disk and as grounding tests for star formation and evolution models. However only a small fraction of the known…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-05-24 Wagner J. B. Corradi , Francisco F. S. Maia , Joao F. C. Santos

The outer Galaxy presents a distinctive environment for investigating star formation. This study develops a novel approach to identify true cluster members based on unsupervised clustering using astrometry with significant uncertainties. As…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-15 Vishwas Patel , Joseph L. Hora , Matthew L. N. Ashby , Sarita Vig

We introduce a new effective strategy to assign group and cluster membership probabilities $P_{mem}$ to galaxies using photometric redshift information. Large dynamical ranges both in halo mass and cosmic time are considered. The method…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 Gianluca Castignani , Christophe Benoist

We develop a method for membership assignment in stellar clusters using only photometry and positions. The method, UPMASK, is aimed to be unsupervised, data driven, model free, and to rely on as few assumptions as possible. It is based on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. Krone-Martins , A. Moitinho

Recent studies have identified star clusters with multiple components based on accurate spatial distributions and/or proper motions from Gaia DR3, utilising diverse diagnostics to improve our understanding of subgroup evolution. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-02 J. Gregorio-Hetem , A. Hetem

Young stellar clusters harbour complex spatial structures emerging from the star formation process. Identifying stellar over-densities is a key step to constrain better how these structures are formed. The high accuracy of distances derived…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 Timothé Roland , Christian M. Boily , Laurent Cambrésy
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