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In this paper we study the evolution of core and corona of nine open clusters using the projected radial density profiles derived from homogeneous CCD photometric data obtained through the 105-cm Kiso Schmidt telescope. The age and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Sharma , A. K. Pandey , K. Ogura , H. Mito , K. Tarusava , R. Sagar

We report a detailed investigation of three intermediate-to-old age open clusters, Berkeley 17, Berkeley 18, and Berkeley 39, utilizing precise astrometric and photometric data from Gaia DR3. Cluster membership was robustly determined…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-22 A. Ahmed , W. H. Elsanhoury , D. C. Çınar , S. Taşdemir , R. Canbay , A. A. Haroon , M. S. Alenazi

We analyze the vertical distribution of the resolved stellar populations in six low-mass, edge-on, spiral galaxies observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. In each galaxy we find evidence for an extraplanar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Anil C. Seth , Julianne J. Dalcanton , Roelof S. de Jong

Aims: According to some estimations, there are as many as 100000 open clusters in the Galaxy, but less than 2000 of them have been discovered, measured, and cataloged. We plan to undertake data mining of multiwavelength surveys to find new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. E. Koposov , E. V. Glushkova , I. Yu. Zolotukhin

We show that one can obtain a good fit to the measured main sequence mass function (MF) of a large sample of Galactic clusters (young and old) with a tapered Salpeter power law distribution function with an exponential truncation. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 Guido De Marchi , Francesco Paresce , Simon Portegies Zwart

We present the stellar population and velocity dispersion gradients for a sample of 24 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in the nearby Universe for which we have obtained high quality long-slit spectra at the Gemini telescopes. With the aim…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. I. Loubser , P. Sanchez-Blazquez

We report the detection of a young stellar population ($\leq$100 Myrs) in the ba ckground of 9 young open clusters belonging to a homogenoeous sample of 30 star clusters in the Third Galactic Quadrant (at $217^o \leq l \leq 260^o$). Deep…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Giovanni Carraro , Ruben Vazquez , Andre Moitinho , Gustavo Baume

The stellar content of Galactic open clusters is gradually depleted during their evolution as a result of internal relaxation and external interactions. The final residues of the evolution of open clusters are called open cluster remnants,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-03 M. S. Angelo , J. F. C. Santos , W. J. B. Corradi , F. F. S. Maia

Open clusters are a useful tool when investigating several topics connected with stellar evolution; for example the age or distance can be more accurately determined than for field stars. However, one important parameter, the metallicity,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Netopil , E. Paunzen

The orbit distribution of young stars in the Galactic disk is highly structured, from well-defined clusters to streams of stars that may be widely dispersed across the sky, but are compact in orbital action-angle space. The age distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-20 Verena Fürnkranz , Hans-Walter Rix , Johanna Coronado , Rhys Seeburger

Aim: We aim to estimate the age and reddening parameters of already identified star clusters within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in a consistent way using available photometric data, classify them based on their mass and strength, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 P. K. Nayak , A. Subramaniam , S. Choudhury , Ram Sagar

In this work we study the internal spatial structure of 16 open clusters in the Milky Way spanning a wide range of ages. For this, we use the minimum spanning tree method (the Q parameter, which enables one to classify the star distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-01-04 Nestor Sanchez , Emilio J. Alfaro

We study a sample of 19 galaxy clusters in the redshift range $0.15<z<0.30$ with highly complete spectroscopic membership catalogues (to $K < K^{\ast}(\rm z)+1.5$) from the Arizona Cluster Redshift Survey (ACReS); individual weak-lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Sarah L. Mulroy , Sean L. McGee , Steven Gillman , Graham P. Smith , Chris P. Haines , Jessica Democles , Nobuhiro Okabe , Eiichi Egami

The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury program designed to provide a new large, deep and homogeneous photometric database. Based on observations from this program, we have measured precise…

We measure the projected half-light radii of young star clusters in 31 galaxies from the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey (LEGUS). We implement a custom pipeline specifically designed to be robust against contamination, which allows us to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-20 Gillen Brown , Oleg Y. Gnedin

Low-mass galaxies in nearby clusters are the most numerous galaxy type in the universe, yet their origin and properties remain largely unknown. To study basic questions concerning these galaxies we present the results of a survey designed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Christopher J. Conselice , John S. Gallagher , Rosemary F. G. Wyse

This article reviews some recent studies of the mass, age, and space distributions of star clusters, with a primary focus on the large population of clusters in the interacting Antennae galaxies. Some of the highlights of these studies are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Michael Fall

Open Clusters are born and evolve along the Milky Way plane, on them is imprinted the history of the Galactic disc, including the chemical and dynamical evolution. Chemical and dynamical properties of open clusters can be derived from…

We present the first comparisons of a newly developed Galactic Structure and Kinematic Model to magnitude and color counts, as well as relative proper motions, in the fields of the open clusters NGC 188 [(l, b)= (122.8 deg, +22.4 deg)] and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 R. A. Mendez , W. F van Altena

Open clusters belonging to star-forming complexes are the leftovers from the initial stellar generations. The study of these young systems provides constraints to models of star formation and evolution as well as to the properties of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 F. F. S. Maia , W. J. B. Corradi , J. F. C. Santos