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Open clusters (OCs) act as key probes that can be leveraged to constrain the formation and evolution of the Milky Way (MW)'s disk, as each has a unique chemical fingerprint and well-constrained age. Significant Galactic dynamic interactions…

We present a catalogue of astrophysical data of 520 Galactic open clusters. These are the clusters, for which at least three most probable members (18 on average) could be identified in the ASCC-2.5, a catalogue of stars based on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 N. V. Kharchenko , A. E. Piskunov , S. Röser , E. Schilbach , R. -D. Scholz

We analyze the morphological evolution of open clusters and provide shape parameters for 265 open clusters. The results show that the overall shape of sample clusters becomes more elliptical as they grow older, while their core remains…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-05 Qingshun Hu , Yu Zhang , Ali Esamdin , Jinzhong Liu , Xiangyun Zeng

The results obtained by Kroupa, Petr & McCaughrean (1999) for specific models of young compact binary-rich clusters are generalised using dynamical scaling relations, to infer the candidate set of possible birth models leading to the Orion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pavel Kroupa

An earlier analysis of the Milky Way Star Cluster (MWSC) catalogue revealed an apparent lack of old (> 1 Gyr) open clusters in the solar neighbourhood (< 1 kpc). To fill this gap we undertook a search for hitherto unknown star clusters,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 S. Schmeja , N. V. Kharchenko , A. E. Piskunov , S. Röser , E. Schilbach , D. Froebrich , R. -D. Scholz

Radial migration is an important process in the Galactic disk. A few open clusters show some evidence on this mechanism but there is no systematic study. In this work, we investigate the role of radial migration on the Galactic disk based…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-29 Y. Q. Chen , G. Zhao

We have introduced a semi-automated quantitative method to estimate the age and reddening of 1072 star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) III survey data. This study brings…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-24 P. K. Nayak , A. Subramaniam , S. Choudhury , G. Indu , Ram Sagar

Based on our compiled catalogue of fundamental astrophysical parameters for 593 open clusters, we analyze the relations between the chemical composition, spatial positions, Galactic orbital elements, age, and other physical parameters of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-12-10 M. L. Gozha , V. V. Koval' , V. A. Marsakov

We present a set of 148 independent $N$-body simulations of globular clusters (GCs) computed using the code $\texttt{CMC}$ ($\texttt{Cluster Monte Carlo}$). At an age of $\sim10-13\,$Gyr, the resulting models cover nearly the full range of…

We present an end-to-end description of the formation process of globular clusters (GCs) which combines a treatment for their formation and dynamical evolution within galaxy haloes with a state-of-the-art semi-analytic simulation of galaxy…

We present results of age determination based on the standard procedure of isochrone fitting for about 600 star clusters younger than about 1.2 Gyr from the central parts of the LMC. Comparison of age distributions of star clusters from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Pietrzynski , A. Udalski

Context. Open clusters (OCs) are valuable probes of stellar population characteristics. Their age and metallicity provide insights into the chemical enrichment history of the Milky Way. By studying the metallicity of OCs, we can explore the…

Based on published data, we have compiled a catalogue of fundamental astrophysical parameters for 593 open clusters of the Galaxy. In particular, the catalogue provides the Galactic orbital elements for 500 clusters, the masses, central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-12-10 M. L. Gozha , T. V. Borkova , V. A. Marsakov

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

Astrophysical parameters (\textit{age, reddening, distance, core and cluster radii}) of 14 open clusters (OCs) projected close to the Galactic plane are derived with 2MASS photometry. The OCs are Be 63, Be 84, Cz 6, Cz 7, Cz 12, Ru 141, Ru…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-04-02 Denilso Camargo , Charles Bonatto , Eduardo Bica

By evaluating angular momentum directions of open cluster (OC) samples across various Galactocentric radii, we assessed their orbital plane inclinations. Our findings reveal that, without considering the local tilt of the Galactic disk near…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-31 Liming Peng , Zhihong He

We present a BVI photometric study of four old open clusters (OCs) in the Milky Way Galaxy, Czernik 30, Berkeley 34, Berkeley 75, and Berkeley 76 using the observation data obtained with the SMARTS 1.0 m telescope at the CTIO, Chile. These…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-25 Hyobin Im , Sang Chul Kim , Jaemann Kyeong , Hong Soo Park , Joon Hyeop Lee

Both star clusters and variable stars are sensitive laboratories of stellar astrophysics and evolution: cluster member stars provide context for interpreting cluster populations, whereas variability reveals the nature of individual stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Richard I. Anderson , Emily L. Hunt

The majority of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) contain multiple stellar populations displaying specific chemical abundance variations. In particular, GCs generally contain a `primordial' population with abundances similar to field stars,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 E. Leitinger , H. Baumgardt , I. Cabrera-Ziri , M. Hilker , E. Pancino

Context. The dissolution rate of open clusters (OCs) and integration of their stars into the Milky Way's field population has been previously explored using their age distribution. With the advent of the Gaia mission, we have an exceptional…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-29 Duarte Almeida , André Moitinho , Sandro Moreira