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We present U, B, V, I broad-band, 6200A TiO medium-band and Halpha photometry of the Orion Nebula Cluster obtained with the WFI imager at the ESO/MPI 2.2 telescope. The nearly-simultaneous observations cover the entire ONC in a field of…

We have used HST imaging of the central regions (R<100 arcsec, about 5 core radii) of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae to derive proper motions and U- and V-band magnitudes for 14,366 cluster members. We also present a catalogue of…

We present the first measurement of the proper motion of the young, compact Arches cluster near the Galactic center from near-infrared adaptive optics (AO) data taken with the recently commissioned laser-guide star (LGS) at the Keck 10-m…

To distinguish between the different theories proposed to explain massive star formation, it is crucial to establish the distribution, the extinction, and the density of low-mass stars in massive star-forming regions. We analyze deep X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 V. M. Rivilla , J. Martin-Pintado , I. Jimenez-Serra , A. Rodriguez-Franco

We have used widely spaced in time Hubble Space Telescope images to determine tangential velocities of features associated with outflows from young stars. These observations were supplemented by groundbased telescope spectroscopy and from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. R. O'Dell , W. J. Henney

Over a two year period (1995-1997), we have conducted a diffraction-limited imaging study at 2.2 microns of the inner 6"x6" of the Galaxy's central stellar cluster using the Keck 10-m telescope. The K band images obtained reveal a large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. M. Ghez , B. L. Klein , M. Morris , E. E. Becklin

To distinguish between the different theories proposed to explain massive star formation, it is crucial to establish the distribution, the extinction, and the density of low-mass stars in massive star-forming regions. We analyzed deep X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-09-16 V. M. Rivilla , J. Martin-Pintado , I. Jimenez-Serra , A. Rodriguez-Franco

(Abridged) We present theoretical models of stellar angular momentum evolution from the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) to the Pleiades and the Hyades. We demonstrate that observations of the Pleiades and Hyades place tight constraints on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Jeremy Tinker , Marc Pinsonneault , Donald Terndrup

The Orion Nebula Cluster toward the HII region M42 is the most outstanding young cluster at the smallest distance 410pc among the rich high-mass stellar clusters. By newly analyzing the archival molecular data of the 12CO(J=1-0) emission at…

The rest frame equivalent width of the [OII]3727 emission line, W(OII), has been measured for cluster and field galaxies in the CNOC redshift survey of rich clusters at 0.2<z<0.55. Emission lines of any strength in cluster galaxies at all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 Mike. L. Balogh , Simon L. Morris , H. K. C. Yee , R. G. Carlberg , E. Ellingson

We examine the clustering and kinematics of young stellar objects (YSOs) in the North America/Pelican Nebulae, as revealed by Gaia astrometry, in relation to the structure and motions of the molecular gas, as indicated in molecular line…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-26 Michael A. Kuhn , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , John M. Carpenter , Angel Rodrigo Avelar Menendez

We have obtained multi-epoch observations of 31 O-type stars in the Carina Nebula using the CHIRON spectrograph on the CTIO/SMARTS 1.5-m telescope. We measure their radial velocities to 1--2 km s$^{-1}$ precision and present new or updated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Megan M. Kiminki , Nathan Smith

Whether any OB stars form in isolation is a question central to theories of massive star formation. To address this, we search for tiny, sparse clusters around 210 field OB stars from the Runaways and Isolated O-Type Star Spectroscopic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Irene Vargas-Salazar , M. S. Oey , Jesse R. Barnes , Xinyi Chen , N. Castro , Kaitlin M. Kratter , Timothy A. Faerber

We have used Gemini North together with the NIRI-ALTAIR adaptive optics imager in the H and K bands to explore the core of the Galactic globular cluster M71 (NGC 6838). We obtained proper motions for 217 stars and have resolved its internal…

Star clusters are born in a highly compact configuration, typically with radii of less than about 1 pc roughly independently of mass. Since the star-formation efficiency is less than 50 per cent by observation and because the residual gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Weidner , P. Kroupa , D. E. A. Nuernberger , M. F. Sterzik

We present a detailed analysis of the kinematics of SiO maser stars around the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). We used the archive data in the SiO v=1, J=2-1 emission line obtained by the Atacama Large…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-06 Masato Tsuboi , Takahiro Tsutsumi , Ryosuke Miyawaki , Makoto Miyoshi

Orion BN has a large proper motion and radial velocity with respect to the gas and other stars in the region where it is presumed to have formed. Multiple dynamical interaction scenarios have been proposed to explain this motion. In one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-02 Nick Indriolo , Jonathan C. Tan , A. C. A. Boogert , C. N. DeWitt , E. J. Montiel , D. A. Neufeld , M. J. Richter

Using numerical simulations of the formation and evolution of stellar clusters within molecular clouds, we show that the stars in clusters formed within collapsing molecular cloud clumps exhibit a constant velocity dispersion regardless of…

Following the recent discovery of a large population of young stars in front of the Orion Nebula, we carried out an observational campaign with the DECam wide-field camera covering ~10~deg^2 centered on NGC 1980 to confirm, probe the extent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-06 H. Bouy , J. Alves , E. Bertin , L. M. Sarro , D. Barrado

We present a statistical analysis of simultaneous optical and X-ray light curves, spanning 600 ks, for 814 pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster. The aim of this study is to establish the relationship, if any, between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 K. G. Stassun , M. van den Berg , E. Feigelson