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We present an analysis of three southern open star clusters NGC 6067, NGC 2506 and IC 4651 using wide-field photometric and Gaia DR2 astrometric data. They are poorly studied clusters. We took advantage of the synergy between Gaia DR2 high…

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Gaia EDR3 offers greatly improved kinematics for nearby objects, including members of nearby young stellar moving groups (NYMGs). In this study, we aim to identify low-mass NYMG members (spectral types of M0 to mid-L) in Gaia EDR3. We…

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Stars in open clusters are powerful probes of the intervening Galactic magnetic field, via background starlight polarimetry, because they provide constraints on the magnetic field distances. We use 2MASS photometric data for a sample of 31…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Sadia Hoq , Dan Clemens

We present photometric, astrometric, and kinematic studies of the old open star clusters NGC 1193 and NGC 1798. Both of the clusters are investigated by combining data sets from Gaia EDR3 and CCD UBV observational data. Analysis of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 T. Yontan , H. Cakmak , S. Bilir , T. Banks , M. Raul , R. Canbay , S. Koc , S. Tasdemir , H. Ercay , B. Tanik Ozturk , D. C. Dursun

Studies on star clusters with the same age and initial chemical composition have gained momentum in recent years with the use of \textit{Gaia}. In addition, the discovery of new clusters with Gaia has increased the number of open clusters…

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Different environmental conditions can play a crucial role in determining final products of the star formation process and in this context, less favorable activities of star formation are expected in the external regions of our Galaxy. We…

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NGC 2168 (M35) serves as a fundamental benchmark for studying stellar evolution and dynamical environments at the transition between young and intermediate-age populations. We present a comprehensive analysis of the cluster's kinematic,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-25 Nasser M. Ahmed , Remziye Canbay , Deniz Cennet Çınar

Open clusters are among the most useful and widespread tracers of Galactic structure. The completeness of the Galactic open cluster census, however, remains poorly understood. For the first time ever, we establish the selection function of…

We present adaptive optics (AO) near-infrared observations of the core of the Tr 14 cluster in the Carina region obtained with the ESO multi-conjugate AO demonstrator, MAD. Our campaign yields AO-corrected observations with an image quality…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 H. Sana , Y. Momany , M. Gieles , G. Carraro , Y. Beletsky , V. D. Ivanov , G. De Silva , G. James

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

Context. Near open clusters as Pleiades, Praesepe and Blanco 1 have been extensively studied due to their proximity to the Sun. The Gaia data brings the opportunity to investigate these clusters, since it contains valuable astrometric and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-27 Jeison Alfonso , Alejandro García-Varela

We determine the color excesses, photometric distances, ages, astrometric parallaxes and proper motions for 94 open clusters in the northern part of the Milky Way. We estimate the color excesses and photometric distances based on the data…

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This study presents photometric analysis of the intermediate-age open cluster King 6, utilizing photometric data in UBV(RI)$_c$ passband and data from the 2MASS mission. The Gaia DR3 kinematic data were used to estimate the membership…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-29 Vaibhav Kumar Pandey , Arvind K Dattatrey , Apara Tripathi , R K S Yadav , Shantanu Rastogi

We performed detailed photometric and astrometric analyses of the open star clusters Berkeley 68 and Stock 20. This was based on ground-based CCD UBV photometric data complemented by space-based Gaia Data Release 3 photometry and…

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The study presents both photometric and kinematic analyses of the non-relaxed open cluster Stock 3 with Gaia DR3 which found to be positioned at 2.945 $\pm$ 0.700 kpc and having an age of 16.00 $\pm$ 4.00 Myr. We analyse the data to infer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 A. Ahmed , Amira R. Youssef , M. S. El-Nawawy , W. H. Elsanhoury

We derive fundamental parameters for the old, rich open cluster NGC 1245 using BVI photometry from the MDM 1.3m and 2.4m telescopes. Based on detailed isochrone fitting, we find NGC 1245 has a slightly sub-solar metallicity, [Fe/H]=-0.05 +-…

A photometric and astrometric study of the two open star clusters Gulliver 18 and Gulliver 58 was carried out for the first time using the early third data release of the Gaia space observatory (Gaia-EDR3). By studying the proper motions,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 Ashraf Tadross , Eslam Elhosseiny

Most stars in our Galaxy form in stellar aggregates, which can become long-lived structures called open clusters (OCs). Along their dynamical evolution, their gradual depletion leave some imprints on their structure. In this work, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-19 M. S. Angelo , J. F. C. Santos , F. F. S. Maia , W. J. B. Corradi

The Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) subset of the first Gaia catalogue contains an unprecedented sample of proper motions and parallaxes for two million stars brighter than G~12 mag. We take advantage of the full astrometric solution…

Accurate measurements of young stellar cluster internal dynamics provide crucial insights into their formation. With Gaia, we are now able to trace stellar motions and study the dynamics of star clusters with unprecedented precision, but…

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