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We present results from a catalogue of 1696 X-ray point sources detected in the massive star forming region (SFR) Cygnus OB2, the majority of which have optical or near-IR associations. We derive ages of 3.5 and 5.25 Myrs for the stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 N. J. Wright , J. J. Drake

The formation of stars in massive clusters is one of the main modes of the star formation process. However, the study of massive star forming regions is hampered by their typically large distances to the Sun. One exception to this is the…

We use Gaia DR3 astrometry and photometry to analyze the spatial distribution of the young stellar populations and stellar clusters and to search for new OB star candidates in the Carina Nebula complex and the full extent of the Car OB1…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 C. Göppl , T. Preibisch

We study the region around Collinder 121 (Cr 121) using newly available 6-dimensional data from the Gaia DR3 catalogue. Situated in the third quadrant, near the galactic plane, Collinder 121 lies in the region of Canis Major centred around…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 Graham D. Fleming , Jason M. Kirk , Derek Ward-Thompson

In this work, we analysed young stellar clusters with spatial and kinematic coherence in the Orion star-forming complex. For this study, we selected a sample of pre-main sequence candidates using parallaxes, proper motions and positions on…

We study the stellar kinematic properties and spatial distribution of the association Cyg OB3 using precise astrometric data from Gaia DR2. All known O- and B-type stars in Cyg OB3 region with positions, parallaxes and proper motions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-13 Anjali Rao , Poshak Gandhi , Christian Knigge , John A. Paice , Nathan W. C. Leigh , Douglas Boubert

The kinematic structure of the Cygnus OB2 association is investigated. No evidence of expansion or contraction is found at any scale within the region. Stars that are within $\sim$ 0.5 parsecs of one another are found to have more similar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Becky Arnold , Simon P. Goodwin , Nick J. Wright

Open clusters (OCs) in our Galaxy can be found in pairs, possibly forming physical binaries, or in groups. These objects offer unique insights into the process of star formation and testify to the dynamical interactions at local and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Qingshun Hu , Yufei Cai , Caroline Soubiran , Yu Dai , Yuting Li , Yangping Luo , Mingfeng Qin

Elemental abundances of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, magnesium, aluminum, and silicon are presented for a sample of twelve rapidly rotating OB star (v sin i > 60 km s^-1) members of the Cep OB2, Cyg OB3 and Cyg OB7 associations. The abundances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Simone Daflon , Katia Cunha , Keith Butler , Verne V. Smith

Young OB associations with masses greater than 10$^4$ M$_{\sun}$ have been inferred to exist in the Galaxy but have largely evaded detection. Recently, a candidate OB association has been identified within the most luminous star forming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-11-24 Mubdi Rahman , Dae-Sik Moon , Christopher D. Matzner

Cyg OB2 is one of the most massive associations of O-type stars in our Galaxy. Despite the large interstellar reddening towards Cyg OB2, many studies, spanning a wide range of wavelengths, have been conducted to more clearly understand this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Gregor Rauw

OB runaway stars are massive stars moving through interstellar space at high velocities (up to 200 km/s), produced by dynamical ejections in young massive clusters or supernova explosions in massive binaries. They can travel several hundred…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 N. Azatyan , L. Kaper , A. Samsonyan , M. Stoop , D. Andreasyan , J. van den Eijnden , E. Nikoghosyan

We perform a large-scale hydrodynamic simulation of a massive star cluster whose stellar population mimics that of the Cygnus OB2 association. The main-sequence stars are first simulated during 1.6 Myr, until a quasi-stationary state is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-21 Thibault Vieu , Cormac J. K. Larkin , Lucia Härer , Brian Reville , Andreas A. C. Sander , Varsha Ramachandran

OB associations and young open clusters constitute the most prolific nucleosynthesis sites in our Galaxy. The combined activity of stellar winds and core-collapse supernovae ejects significant amounts of freshly synthesised nuclei into the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jurgen Knodlseder , Miguel Cervino , Daniel Schaerer , Peter von Ballmoos

We present a re-organization of the Oh et al. (2017b) (Oh17) wide, co-moving catalog of 4,555 groups of stars (10,606 individual objects) identified in the Tycho Gaia Astrometric Survey (TGAS) into new and known co evolving groups of stars…

We report the discovery and orbital solutions for two new OB binaries in the Cygnus OB2 Association, MT311 (B2V+B3V) and MT605 (B0.5V+B2.5:V). We also identify the system MT429 as a probable triple system consisting of a tight eclipsing…

The COMPTEL observations of the diffuse galactic 1.809 MeV emission attributed to the radioactive decay of 26Al have confirmed the diffuse nature of this interstellar emission line. One of the most significant features of the reconstructed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Plueschke , M. Cervino , R. Diehl , K. Kretschmer , D. H. Hartmann , J. Knoedlseder

Symbiotic stars are interacting binary systems, making them valuable for studying various astronomical phenomena, such as stellar evolution, mass transfer, and accretion processes. Despite recent progress in the discovery of symbiotic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-20 Yongle Jia , Sufen Guo , Chunhua Zhu , Lin Li , Mei Ma , Guoliang Lv

Blue straggler stars are exotic objects present in all stellar environments whose nature and formation channels are still partially unclear. They seem to be particularly abundant in open clusters (OCs), thus offering a unique chance to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-09 M. J. Rain , J. Ahumada , G. Carraro

We present a new automatic technique based on Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis, with the aim of its application to the identification of those clumps in unresolved galaxies which likely represent regions of star formation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 S. Adanti , P. Battinelli , R. Capuzzo--Dolcetta , P. W. Hodge