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Based on astrometric data from Gaia DR2, we employ an unsupervised machine learning method to blindly search for open star clusters in the Milky Way within the Galactic latitude range of |b| < 20 degrees. In addition to 2,080 known…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-02 Zhi-Hong He , Ye Xu , Chao-Jie Hao , Zhen-Yu Wu , Jing-Jing Li

Open clusters (OCs) are popular tracers of the structure and evolutionary history of the Galactic disk. The OC population is often considered to be complete within 1.8 kpc of the Sun. The recent Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) allows the latter…

Context. Open clusters are very good tracers of the evolution of the Galactic disc. Thanks to Gaia, their kinematics can be investigated with an unprecedented precision and accuracy. Aims. The distribution of open clusters in the 6D phase…

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

The astrometric satellite Gaia recently released part of its third data set, which provides a good opportunity to hunt for more open clusters in the Milky Way. In this work, we conduct a blind search for open clusters in the Galactic disk…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-20 C. J. Hao , Y. Xu , Z. Y. Wu , Z. H. Lin , D. J. Liu , Y. J. Li

As groups of coeval stars born from the same molecular cloud, an Open cluster (OC) is an ideal laboratory for studying the structure and dynamical evolution of the Milky Way. The release of High-Precision Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-31 Huanbin Chi , Feng Wang , Zhongmu Li

Open clusters (OCs) are common in the Milky Way, but most of them remain undiscovered. There are numerous techniques (e.g., machine-learning algorithms) available for the exploration of OCs. However, each method has its limitations and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-28 Zhongmu Li , Caiyan Mao

Context. Observations indicate that the fraction of potential binary star clusters in the Milky Way is either the same or lower than that of the Magellanic Clouds. The unprecedented precision in the parallax measurements by Gaia has allowed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Fangfang Song , Ali Esamdin , Qingshun Hu , Mengfan Zhang

The census of open clusters has exploded in size thanks to data from the Gaia satellite. However, it is likely that many of these reported clusters are not gravitationally bound, making the open cluster census impractical for many…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-20 Emily L. Hunt , Sabine Reffert

$Context$. Gaia Second Data Release provides precise astrometry and photometry for more than 1.3 billion sources. This catalog opens a new era concerning the characterization of open clusters and test stellar models, paving the way for a…

Open clusters (OCs) are regarded as tracers to understand stellar evolution theory and validate stellar models. In this study, we presented a robust approach to identifying OCs. A hybrid method of pyUPMASK and RF is first used to remove…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 Huanbin Chi , Shoulin Wei , Feng Wang , Zhongmu Li

In our previous work, we introduced a method that combines two unsupervised algorithms: DBSCAN and GMM. We applied this method to 12 open clusters based on Gaia EDR3 data, demonstrating its effectiveness in identifying reliable cluster…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-18 Mohammad Noormohammadi , Mehdi Khakian Ghomi , Atefeh Javadi

A rare multiple open cluster system has been analyzed using Gaia DR3 astrometry and photometry data. Using Agglomerative Hierarchical clustering and Bayesian-HDBSCAN, we identify a compact core consisting of seven known open clusters and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-28 Muhammad Akmal Husain , Ferdinand , Mochamad Ikbal Arifyanto , Muhammad Irfan Hakim

The distribution of young stars into OB associations has long been in need of updating. High-precision {\sl Gaia} early Data Release 3 astrometry, coupled with modern machine-learning methods, allows this to be done. We have compiled a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-06 Alexander A. Chemel , Richard de Grijs , Elena V. Glushkova , Andrey K. Dambis

Studying open clusters (OCs) is essential for a comprehensive understanding of the structure and evolution of the Milky Way. Many previous studies have systematically searched for OCs near the solar system within 1.2 kpc or 20 degrees of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-14 Huanbin Chi , Feng Wang , Wenting Wang , Hui Deng , Zhongmu Li

Membership studies characterising open clusters with Gaia data, most using DR2, are so far limited at magnitude G = 18 due to astrometric uncertainties at the faint end. Our goal is to extend current open cluster membership lists with faint…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-12 M. G. J. van Groeningen , A. Castro-Ginard , A. G. A. Brown , L. Casamiquela , C. Jordi

Automated analysis of Gaia astrometric data has led to the discovery of many new high-quality open cluster candidates. With a good determination of their parameters, these objects become excellent tools to investigate the properties of our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Ignacio Negueruela , Abel de Burgos

Reliable fundamental parameters of open clusters such as distance, age and extinction are key to our understanding of Galactic structure and stellar evolution. In this work we use {\it Gaia} DR2 to investigate 45 open clusters listed in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-07 H. Monteiro , W. S. Dias , A. Moitinho , T. Cantat-Gaudin , J. R. D. Lépine , G. , Carraro , E. Paunzen

Context: Open clusters are ideal laboratories to investigate a variety of astrophysical topics, from the properties of the Galactic disk to stellar evolutionary models. Knowing their metallicity and possibly detailed chemical abundances is…

In this work, we investigate the dynamical properties of 38 Galactic open clusters: 34 of them are located at low Galactic latitudes (|b| < 10$^{\circ}$) and are projected against dense stellar fields; the other 4 comparison objects present…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-16 M. S. Angelo , W. J. B. Corradi , J. F. C. Santos , F. F. S. Maia , F. A. Ferreira