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We use the open clusters (OCs) with known parameters available in the WEBDA database and in recently published papers to derive properties related to the disk structure. The sample totals 654 OCs, consisting basically of Trumpler types I to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Bonatto , L. O. Kerber , E. Bica , B. X. Santiago

Open Clusters (OCs) can trace with a great accuracy the evolution of the Galactic disk. The aim of this work is to study the kinematical behavior of the OC population over time. We take advantage of the latest age determinations of OCs to…

Context. The scale height of the spatial distribution of open clusters (OCs) in the Milky Way exhibits a well known increase with age which is usually interpreted as evidence for dynamical heating of the disc or of the disc having been…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-05 Sandro Moreira , André Moitinho , André Silva , Duarte Almeida

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

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

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…

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

The distribution of member stars in the surroundings of an Open Cluster (OC) can shed light on the process of its formation, evolution and dissolution. The analysis of structural parameters of OCs as a function of their age and position in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 Y. Tarricq , C. Soubiran , L. Casamiquela , A. Castro-Ginard , J. Olivares , N. Miret-Roig , P. A. B. Galli

We present results of a study of the galactic open cluster population based on the all-sky catalogue ASCC-2.5 (I/280A) compiled from Tycho-2, Hipparcos and other catalogues. The sample of optical clusters from ASCC-2.5 is complete up to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. E. Piskunov , N. V. Kharchenko , S. Röser , E. Schilbach , R. -D. Scholz

Based on an almost complete sample of Galactic open star clusters within 1.8 kpc, we perform a comprehensive statistical analysis of various cluster parameters like spatial position, age, size, mass and extinction in order to understand the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-18 Yogesh C. Joshi , Andrei Dambis , Anil K. Pandey , Santosh Joshi

We present a systematic investigation of 1,481 Galactic open clusters (OCs) through the application of the Limepy dynamical model, from which we derive the fundamental structural parameters of OCs. We conduct the statistical analyses on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-11 Jin-Sheng Qiu , Zhen Wan , Xu-Zhi Li , Qing-Feng Zhu , Lu-lu Fan , Xiao-Hui Xu , Jun-Han Zhao , Zhi-Yong Pu

We report the discovery of 31 new open clusters (OCs) identified in \textit{Gaia}~DR3 data through a systematic search over 220 adjacent $1^\circ\times1^\circ$ fields towards the Galactic anticentre, in the direction of the Perseus arm gap.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-30 F. A. Ferreira , M. S. Angelo , J. F. C. Santos , W. J. B. Corradi , F. F. S. Maia

Galactic open clusters (OCs) are subject to internal and external destructive effects that gradually deplete their stellar content, leaving imprints on their structure. To investigate their dynamical state from an observational perspective,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-10 M. S. Angelo , J. F. C. Santos , W. J. B. Corradi , F. F. S. Maia

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…

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

We have analyzed the kinematics of open star clusters (OSCs) with the proper motions and distances calculated by Hao et al. based on Gaia EDR3 data. The mean line-of-sight velocities are known for a number of clusters from this list. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-25 V. V. Bobylev , A. T. Bajkova

We present and analyze kinematics and orbits for a sample of 488 open clusters in the Galaxy. The velocity ellipsoid for our present sample is derived as ($\sigma_{U}$, $\sigma_{V}$, $\sigma_{W})$=$(28.7$, 15.8, 11.0) km s$^{-1}$ which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-09-22 Zhen-Yu Wu , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Cui-Hua Du

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…

An analysis of the kinematics of open star clusters (OSCs) using their characteristics from the new Hunt and Reffert catalog was conducted. Based on 4003 OSCs younger than 200 million years, the following values for the angular velocity of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-05 Vadim V. Bobylev , Anisa T. Bajkova

Old open clusters (OCs) can constrain the chemical evolution of the Galactic disc through their metallicity gradients and age-metallicity relation but they are affected by low statistics. This work aims to determine precise and homogeneous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-23 Qingshun Hu , Caroline Soubiran
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