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Proper motion studies of stars in the centre of the Milky Way have been typically limited to the Arches and Quintuplet clusters and to the central parsec. Here, we present the first results of a large-scale proper motion study of stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-18 B. Shahzamanian , R. Schödel , F. Nogueras-Lara , H. Dong , E. Gallego-Cano , A. T. Gallego-Calvente , A. Gardini

Omega Centauri ($\omega$ Cen) is the Milky Way's most massive globular cluster and is likely the stripped nucleus of an accreted dwarf galaxy. In this paper, we analyze $\omega$ Cen's kinematics using data from oMEGACat, a comprehensive…

The local velocity field of young stars is dominated by the galactic rotation, the kinematics of the Gould Belt and the nearest OB associations and open clusters, and the kinematics of the spiral structure. We re-examined here this local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Torra , D. Fernandez , F. Figueras

We analyze the far-ultraviolet spectroscopy of 20 young and massive star clusters (YSCs) in 11 nearby star-forming galaxies. We probe the interstellar gas intervening along the line of sight, detecting several metal absorption lines of a…

We present 3D velocity measurements and acceleration limits for stars within a few parsec of the Galactic Center (GC) black hole, Sgr A*, based on observations of 43 and 86 GHz circumstellar maser emission. Observations were taken with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Jennie Paine , Jeremy Darling

Open clusters (OCs) are crucial for studying the formation and evolution of the Galactic disc. However, the lack of a large number of OCs analyzed homogeneously hampers the investigations about chemical patterns and the existence of…

We present a study of the three dimensional structure, kinematics, and age distribution of the Orion OB association, based on the second data release of the Gaia satellite (Gaia DR2). Our goal is to obtain a complete picture of the star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 E. Zari , A. G. A. Brown , P. T. de Zeeuw

We utilize the extensive datasets available for the Perseus molecular cloud to analyze the relationship between the kinematics of small-scale dense cores and the larger structures in which they are embedded. The kinematic measures presented…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Helen Kirk , Jaime E. Pineda , Doug Johnstone , Alyssa Goodman

We discuss recent measurements of proper motions of the hotspots of Compact Symmetric Objects. Source expansion has been detected in ten CSOs so far and all these objects are very young (<3000 years). In a few sources ages have also been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. G. Polatidis , J. E. Conway

An analysis of proper motion measurements of the Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) associated with the Cometary Globules (CGs) in the Gum Nebula is presented. While earlier studies based on the radial velocity measurements of the CGs suggested…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rumpa Choudhury , H. C. Bhatt

We report results of proper motions of 15 known Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) old globular clusters (GCs) derived from the Gaia DR2 data sets. When these mean proper motions are gathered with existent radial velocity measurements to compose…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-09 Andrés E. Piatti , Emilio J. Alfaro , Tristan Cantat-Gaudin

We map the three-dimensional structure and large-scale kinematics of the young stellar populations in the G352 giant molecular cloud (GMC) complex. In radio and infrared images, G352 appears as long filament extending ~$3^{\circ}$ (~150 pc)…

Interferometer observations of millimeter-continuum (OVRO) and single-dish observations of HCO+ and H13CO+ J=1-0, 3-2, and 4-3 (JCMT, IRAM 30m) are presented of nine embedded low-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) in Taurus. All nine objects…

Based on published sources, we have created a kinematic database on 220 massive (>10 solar masses) young Galactic star systems located within <3 kpc of the Sun. Out of them, approximately 100 objects are spectroscopic binary and multiple…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-08 V. V. Bobylev , A. T. Bajkova

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

We present a kinematic and dynamical analysis of six Galactic open clusters NGC~2204, NGC~2660, NGC~2262, Czernik~32, Pismis~18, and NGC~2437, using \textit{Gaia}~DR3. We used Bayesian and Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) methods to identify…

Based on high-latitude molecular clouds with highly accurate distance estimates taken from the literature, we have redetermined the parameters of their spatial orientation. This system can be approximated by a 350x235x140 pc ellipsoid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-04 V. V. Bobylev

We present a study of the three-dimensional structure of the molecular clouds in the Galactic Centre (GC) using CO emission and OH absorption lines. Two CO isotopologue lines, $^{12}$CO ($J$=1$\rightarrow$0) and $^{13}$CO…

The distribution of young stars into OB associations has long been in need of updating. High-precision {\sl Gaia} early Data Release 3 astrometry, coupled with modern machine-learning methods, allows this to be done. We have compiled a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-06 Alexander A. Chemel , Richard de Grijs , Elena V. Glushkova , Andrey K. Dambis

Our understanding of how molecular clouds form in the interstellar medium (ISM) would be greatly helped if we had a reliable observational tracer of the gas flows responsible for forming the clouds. Fine structure emission from singly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-14 Paul C. Clark , Simon C. O. Glover , Sarah E. Ragan , Ana Duarte-Cabral