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Gaia DR2 provides unprecedented precision in measurements of the distance and kinematics of stars in the solar neighborhood. Through applying unsupervised machine learning on DR2's 5-dimensional dataset (3d position + 2d velocity), we…

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Clustering is a widely used technique with a long and rich history in a variety of areas. However, most existing algorithms do not scale well to large datasets, or are missing theoretical guarantees of convergence. This paper introduces a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-10-16 Yijia Zhou , Kyle A. Gallivan , Adrian Barbu

Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM) do not adapt well to curved and strongly nonlinear data. However, we can use Gaussians in the curvilinear coordinate systems to solve this problem. Moreover, such a solution allows for the adaptation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Krzysztof Byrski , Przemysław Spurek , Jacek Tabor

Precise determination of galaxy cluster masses is crucial for establishing reliable mass-observable scaling relations in cluster cosmology. We employ graph neural networks (GNNs) to estimate galaxy cluster masses from radially sampled…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Asif Iqbal , Subhabrata Majumdar , Elena Rasia , Gabriel W. Pratt , Daniel de Andres , Jean-Baptiste Melin , Weiguang Cui

A cluster finding method was developed and applied in four Local Group Galaxies (SMC, M31, M33 and NGC 6822). The aim is to study the young stellar population of these galaxies by identifying stellar structures in small and large scales.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Petros Drazinos , A. Karampelas , E. Kontizas , M. Kontizas , A. Dapergolas , E. Livanou , I. Bellas-Velidis

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

We present reddening, photometric metallicity, age and distance estimates for the Frolov 1 and NGC 7510 open clusters based on CCD UBV photometric and Gaia data. Photometric observations were collected using the 1-m telescope of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-28 T. Yontan , S. Bilir , T. Ak , B. Akbulut , R. Canbay , T. Banks , E. Paunzen , S. Ak , Z. F. Bostanci

The Ophiuchus cloud complex is one of the best laboratories to study the earlier stages of the stellar and protoplanetary disc evolution. The wealth of accurate astrometric measurements contained in the Gaia Data Release 2 can be used to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 H. Cánovas , C. Cantero , L. Cieza , A. Bombrun , U. Lammers , B. Merín , A. Mora , Á. Ribas , D. Ruíz-Rodríguez

In this paper, we model a pixel as a linear combination of endmembers sampled from probability distributions of Gaussian mixture models (GMM). The parameters of the GMM distributions are estimated using spectral libraries. Abundances are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Yuan Zhou , Erin B. Wetherley , Paul D. Gader

In this work we explore the new catalog of galactic open clusters that became available recently, containing 1750 clusters that have been re-analysed using the Gaia DR2 catalog to determine the stellar memberships. We used the young open…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-02 H. Monteiro , D. A. Barros , W. S. Dias , J. R. D. Lépine

Gaussian mixture models (GMM) are the most widely used statistical model for the $k$-means clustering problem and form a popular framework for clustering in machine learning and data analysis. In this paper, we propose a natural semi-random…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Pranjal Awasthi , Aravindan Vijayaraghavan

In this paper, we have used the Gaia's Data Release-3 (DR3) data to study an intermediate-age open cluster Berkeley 27 (Be 27). A total of 131 most probable cluster members are picked within the cluster's radius based on the membership…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 Devesh P. Sariya , Ing-Guey Jiang , D. Bisht , R. K. S. Yadav , G. Rangwal

We present a robust methodology for identifying photometric binaries in star clusters. Using Gaia DR3, Pan-STARRS and 2MASS data, we self-consistently define the cluster parameters and binary demographics for the open clusters (OCs) NGC…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-22 Anna C. Childs , Aaron M. Geller , Ted von Hippel , Erin Motherway , Claire Zwicker

This work presents the first large-scale photometric variability survey of the intermediate age (~200 Myr) open cluster M11. Thirteen nights of data over two observing seasons were analyzed (using crowded field and ensemble photometry…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jonathan R. Hargis , Eric L. Sandquist , David H. Bradstreet

As part of the LAMOST medium-resolution spectroscopic survey, the LAMOST-MRS-O is a non-time domain survey that aims to perform medium-resolution spectral observations for member stars in the open cluster area. This survey plans to obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-16 Xi Zhang , Chengzhi Liu , Jing Zhong , Li Chen , Ali Luo , Jian-Rong Shi , Chao Liu , JianJun Chen , Haotong Zhang , Jinliang Hou

We consider the problem of Gaussian mixture clustering in the high-dimensional limit where the data consists of $m$ points in $n$ dimensions, $n,m \rightarrow \infty$ and $\alpha = m/n$ stays finite. Using exact but non-rigorous methods…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-03-24 Thibault Lesieur , Caterina De Bacco , Jess Banks , Florent Krzakala , Cris Moore , Lenka Zdeborová

We review the implications of the Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue for studying the dynamics of Milky Way globular clusters, focusing on two separate topics. The first one is the analysis of the full 6-dimensional phase-space distribution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Eugene Vasiliev

In the third paper of this series aimed at developing the tools for analysing resolved stellar populations using the cameras on board of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we present a detailed multi-band study of the 2 Gyr Galactic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-22 D. Nardiello , L. R. Bedin , M. Griggio , M. Salaris , M. Scalco , S. Cassisi

We present a homogeneous catalogue of fundamental astrophysical parameters -- age, metallicity ([Fe/H]), heliocentric distance, and colour excess $E(G_{\mathrm{BP}}-G_{\mathrm{RP}})$ -- for 5,056 open star clusters drawn from the Unified…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-25 Olcay Plevne , Furkan Akbaba

Recent literature reports a color deviation between observed Gaia color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) and theoretical model isochrone predictions, particularly in the very low-mass regime. To assess its impact on cluster age determination via…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-21 Fan Wang , Min Fang , Xiaoting Fu , Yang Chen , Lu Li , Xiaoying Pang , Zhongmu Li , Jing Tang , Wenyuan Cui , Haijun Tian , Chao Liu