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Very precise observational data are needed for studying the stellar cluster parameters (distance, reddening, age, metallicity) and cluster internal kinematics. In turn, these give us an insight into the properties of our Galaxy, for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-16 Martin Piecka , Ernst Paunzen

Open clusters are key targets for both Galaxy structure and evolution and stellar physics studies. Since \textit{Gaia} DR2 publication, the discovery of undetected clusters has proven that our samples were not complete. Our aim is to…

Context. Strong gravitationally lensed quasars are among the most interesting and useful observable extragalactic phenomena. Because their study constitutes a unique tool in various fields of astronomy, they are highly sought, not without…

Open clusters are groups of stars that form at the same time, making them an ideal laboratory to test theories of star formation, stellar evolution, and dynamics in the Milky Way disk. However, the utility of an open cluster can be limited…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-12 Karl Jaehnig , Jonathan Bird , Kelly Holley-Bockelmann

The unprecedented volume and quality of data from space- and ground-based telescopes present an opportunity for machine learning to identify new classes of variable stars and peculiar systems that may have been overlooked by traditional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 P. Ranaivomanana , C. Johnston , G. Iorio , P. J. Groot , M. Uzundag , T. Kupfer , C. Aerts

The Milky Way halo is one of the few galactic haloes that provides a unique insight into galaxy formation by resolved stellar populations. Here, we present a catalogue of $\sim$47 million halo stars selected independent of parallax and…

Motivated by the vast gap between photometric and spectroscopic data volumes, there is great potential in using 5D kinematic information to identify and study substructures of the Milky Way. We identify substructures in the Galactic halo…

We demonstrate an algorithm for learning a flexible color-magnitude diagram from noisy parallax and photometry measurements using a normalizing flow, a deep neural network capable of learning an arbitrary multi-dimensional probability…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-23 Miles D. Cranmer , Richard Galvez , Lauren Anderson , David N. Spergel , Shirley Ho

Aims: In this work, we aim to provide a reliable list of gravitational lens (GL) candidates based on a search performed over the entire Gaia Data Release 2 (Gaia DR2). We also show that the sole astrometric and photometric informations…

The early third data release (EDR3) of the European Space Agency satellite Gaia provides coordinates, parallaxes, and proper motions for ~1.47 billion sources in our Milky Way, based on 34 months of observations. The combination of Gaia DR2…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 Tommaso Marchetti

We explore the phase-space structure of nearby halo stars identified kinematically from Gaia DR2 data. We focus on their distribution in velocity and in "integrals of motion" space as well as on their photometric properties. Our sample of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-27 Helmer H. Koppelman , Amina Helmi , Jovan Veljanoski

The precision of the Gaia data offers a unique opportunity to study the internal velocity field of star clusters. We develop and validate a forward-modelling method for the internal motions of stars in a cluster. The model allows an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Semyeong Oh , N. Wyn Evans

The study of open star clusters makes us understand a lot about the composition and construction of the Milky Way Galaxy. Thanks to the Gaia DR2 database that helps us to get the genetic members of star clusters using their proper motions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-23 W. A. Badawy , A. L. Tadross , Y. M. Hendy , I. A. Hassan , M. N. Ismail

The large astrometric and photometric survey performed by the Gaia mission allows for a panoptic view of the Galactic disc and in its stellar cluster population. Hundreds of clusters were only discovered after the latest G data release…

We report the discovery of a $75\deg$ long stellar stream in Gaia DR2 catalog, found using the new STREAMFINDER algorithm. The structure is probably the remnant of a now fully disrupted globular cluster, lies $\approx 3.8 \, {\rm kpc}$ away…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 Rodrigo A. Ibata , Khyati Malhan , Nicolas F. Martin , Else Starkenburg

We combine the kinematics of 159 globular clusters (GCs) provided by the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) with other observational data to classify the GCs, and to estimate the mass of the Milky Way (MW). We use the age-metallicity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-26 GuangChen Sun , Yougang Wang , Chao Liu , Richard J. Long , Xuelei Chen , Qi Gao

CONTEXT. The Gaia Collaboration has used Gaia-DR2 sources with six-dimensional (6D) phase space information to derive kinematical maps within 5 kpc of the Sun, which is a reachable range for stars with relative error in distance lower than…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-09 M. Lopez-Corredoira , F. Sylos Labini

We report the discovery of a large, dynamically cold, coeval stellar stream that is currently traversing the immediate solar neighborhood at a distance of only 100 pc. The structure was identified in a wavelet decomposition of the 3D…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-20 Stefan Meingast , João Alves , Verena Fürnkranz

We present the results of the very first search for faint Milky Way satellites in the Gaia data. Using stellar positions only, we are able to re-discover objects detected in much deeper data as recently as the last couple of years. While we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-30 S. E. Koposov , V. Belokurov , G. Torrealba

Despite having data for over 10^9 stars from Gaia, only less than 10^4 star clusters and candidates have been discovered. Particularly, distant star clusters are rarely identified, due to the challenges posed by heavy extinction and great…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-09 Zhihong He , Yangping Luo , Kun Wang , Anbing Ren , Liming Peng , Qian Cui , Xiaochen Liu , Qingquan Jiang