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In a sample of 54 galaxy clusters (0.04<z<0.15) containing 3551 early-type galaxies suitable for study, we identify those with tidal features both interactively and automatically. We find that ~3% have tidal features that can be detected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Scott M. Adams , Dennis Zaritsky , David J. Sand , Melissa Graham , Chris Bildfell , Henk Hoekstra , Chris Pritchet

Identifying and characterizing young populations of star-forming regions is crucial to unravel their properties. In this regard, Gaia-DR3 data and machine learning tools are very useful for studying large star-forming complexes. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 Swagat R. Das , Saumya Gupta , Prem Prakash , Manash Samal , Jessy Jose

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

Stellar mass governs stellar evolution and the distribution of stellar masses plays a central role in the dynamical evolution of stellar clusters. Using high-precision astrometry and photometry from Gaia DR3, we investigate mass segregation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-27 Jeison Alfonso , Alejandro Garcia-Varela , Katherine Vieira

Open clusters have long been used as tracers of Galactic structure. However, without a selection function to describe the completeness of the cluster census, it is difficult to quantitatively interpret their distribution. We create a method…

Context. Open clusters (OCs) are groups of stars formed from the same cloud of gas and cosmic dust. They play an important role in studies of star formation and evolution and our understanding of galaxy structure and dynamics. Aims. The…

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

This research presents unsupervised machine learning and statistical techniques to detect and analyze tidal tails in five open clusters, BH 164, Alessi 2, NGC 2281, NGC 2354, and M67, with ages ranging from 60 Myr to 4 Gyr, using Gaia DR3…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-12 Ira Sharma , Vikrant V. Jadhav , Annapurni Subramaniam

The series of events, which occurred at high redshift and originated multiple stellar populations in Globular Clusters (GCs) are still poorly understood. Theoretical work suggests that the present-day dynamics of stars in nearby GCs,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , A. Mastrobuono-Battisti , E. P. Lagioia

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…

The structure of open clusters provides key insights into their evolution and the dynamics of the Milky Way. Using Gaia DR3 data, we applied a hierarchical clustering algorithm to the open cluster NGC 752 based on the kinematical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Delong Jia , Heng Yu , Zhengyi Shao , Lu Li

Using data from Gaia DR2, we study the radial number density profiles of the Galactic globular cluster sample. Proper motions are used for accurate membership selection, especially crucial in the cluster outskirts. Due to the severe…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-20 T. J. L. de Boer , M. Gieles , E. Balbinot , V. Henault-Brunet , A. Sollima , L. L. Watkins , I. Claydon

The Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) provided an unprecedented volume of precise astrometric and excellent photometric data. In terms of data mining the Gaia catalogue, machine learning methods have shown to be a powerful tool, for instance in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-03 A. Castro-Ginard , C. Jordi , X. Luri , T. Cantat-Gaudin , L. Balaguer-Núñez

We present a catalogue of astrophysical data of 520 Galactic open clusters. These are the clusters, for which at least three most probable members (18 on average) could be identified in the ASCC-2.5, a catalogue of stars based on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 N. V. Kharchenko , A. E. Piskunov , S. Röser , E. Schilbach , R. -D. Scholz

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

Gaia Data Release 2 provides a wealth of data to study the internal structure of nearby globular clusters. We use this data to investigate the internal kinematics of 11 nearby globular clusters, with a particular focus on their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-19 Abhinav Jindal , Jeremy J. Webb , Jo Bovy

The period versus mass diagrams (i.e., rotational sequences) of open clusters provide crucial constraints for angular momentum evolution studies. However, their memberships are often heavily contaminated by field stars, which could…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Diego Godoy-Rivera , Marc H. Pinsonneault , Luisa M. Rebull

The differences in the relationships between the physical parameters and the chemical-element abundances in accreted globular star clusters and those formed inside the Galaxy have been investigated. The information on the supposed formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-22 V. A. Marsakov , V. V. Koval' , M. L. Gozha

Sparse open clusters can be found at high galactic latitudes where loosely populated clusters are more easily detected against the lower stellar background. Because most star formation takes place in the thin disk, the observed population…

We aim at a detailed description of the kinematic properties of the old, (several Gyrs) late-type CO-absorption star population among the Galactic centre (GC) cluster stars. We applied AO-assisted, near-infrared imaging and integral-field…