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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/210
- Title:
- Mean Positions and proper motions of 995 FK4Sup stars
- Short Name:
- I/210
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalogue lists improved mean positions and proper motions for the 995 stars in the FK4 Supplement (Veroeff. Astron. Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg No 11, 1963) which were not included in the Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (Part I: "The Basic FK5", Fricke et al., 1988, Veroeff. Astron. Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg No 32, Catalogue I/149/; Part II: "The FK5 Extension", Fricke et al., 1991, Veroeff. Astron. Rechen-Inst. Heidelberg No 33, Catalogue I/175/). The main purpose of the FK4 Supplement was to stimulate further observations within absolute and differential programs of the stars listed in that catalogue with the aim of their inclusion as new fundamental stars into a future fundamental catalogue. The new fundamental stars should increase the star density without extending the magnitude limit to fainter magnitudes. Since the publication of the "Supplement-Katalog des FK3" (published in Astron-Geodaet. Jahrbuch 1954 and Astron-Geodaet. Jahrbuch 1956) these stars were included in many observing programs. Within work on deriving the FK5 Extension all stars in the FK4 Supplement had been treated in exactly the same way and improved mean positions and proper motions had thus been obtained for all FK4 Sup stars. For more details reference is made to the introduction of the FK5 Extension. FK4 Sup stars with the best astrometric data were included in the FK5 Extension for achieving a homogeneous distribution in magnitude and taking simultaneously into account an even distribution on the sky. This selection process included 992 of the 1987 FK4 Sup stars into the FK5 Extension. Although the astrometric precision of the stars given in the present catalogue is inferior to that of the FK4 Supplement stars included in the FK5 Extension, they deserve being published because a considerable number of observations has been obtained for these stars since about 1955, stimulated by the publication of the FK3 Supplement. The average mean epoch of observation of the stars given is therefore shifted to comparatively modern epochs (see the table in Section 2 of the publication). The astrometric precision of the stars presented here is better than for most other published star positions and proper motions, and the positions and proper motions are the best which could be derived from the available observations. These observations are published in the same catalogues as listed in the FK5, Part II on pages 139 ff. The apparent visual magnitudes are between 3.6 and 7.7 with a concentration around the mean value of 5.94. They are thus within the magnitude limit of the Basic FK5.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/812/3
- Title:
- MEarth mid-to-late M dwarfs rotation & kinematics
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/812/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using spectroscopic observations and photometric light curves of 238 nearby M dwarfs from the MEarth exoplanet transit survey, we examine the relationships between magnetic activity (quantified by H{alpha} emission), rotation period, and stellar age. Previous attempts to investigate the relationship between magnetic activity and rotation in these stars were hampered by the limited number of M dwarfs with measured rotation periods (and the fact that v sin i measurements probe only rapid rotation). However, the photometric data from MEarth allows us to probe a wide range of rotation periods for hundreds of M dwarf stars (from shorter than one to longer than 100 days). Over all M spectral types that we probe, we find that the presence of magnetic activity is tied to rotation, including for late-type, fully convective M dwarfs. We also find evidence that the fraction of late-type M dwarfs that are active may be higher at longer rotation periods compared to their early-type counterparts, with several active, late-type, slowly rotating stars present in our sample. Additionally, we find that all M dwarfs with rotation periods shorter than 26 days (early-type; M1-M4) and 86 days (late-type; M5-M8) are magnetically active. This potential mismatch suggests that the physical mechanisms that connect stellar rotation to chromospheric heating may be different in fully convective stars. A kinematic analysis suggests that the magnetically active, rapidly rotating stars are consistent with a kinematically young population, while slow-rotators are less active or inactive and appear to belong to an older, dynamically heated stellar population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/126
- Title:
- MEGA-H proper motion catalog
- Short Name:
- V/126
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalogue MEGA-H is a result of a merging of star lists from the catalogue of stellar proper motions with respect to galaxies in 47 selected areas near the Main Meridional Section of the Galaxy (MEGA-G) (Kharchenko 1987) and from All-sky Compiled Catalogue of 2.5 Million Stars (ASCC-2.5) (Cat. <I/280>). Proper motions from the catalogue MEGA-G were reduced to the Hipparcos system by means of common with the ASCC-2.5 stars. The compiled proper motions in the Hipparcos system and their standard errors were computed as the weighted means. Equatorial coordinates are reduced to the equinox J2000 and epoch 1991.25. The catalogue MEGA-H contains 18169 stars. Stars are sorted in right ascension J2000 order.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/A85
- Title:
- Membership and lithium of young clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/A85
- Date:
- 10 Mar 2022 07:23:16
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is now well known that pre-main sequence models with inflated radii should be taken into account to simultaneously reproduce the colour-magnitude diagram and the lithium depletion pattern observed in young open star clusters. We test a new set of pre-main sequence models including radius inflation due to the presence of starspots or to magnetic inhibition of convection, using five clusters observed by the Gaia-ESO Survey, spanning the age range ~10-100Myr where such effects could be important. The Gaia-ESO Survey radial velocities are combined with astrometry from Gaia EDR3 to obtain clean lists of high-probability members for the five clusters. A Bayesian maximum likelihood method is adopted to fit the observed cluster sequences to theoretical predictions to derive the best model parameters and the cluster reddening and age. Models are calculated with different values of the mixing length parameter ({alpha}_ML_=2.0, 1.5 and 1.0), for the cases with no spots or with effective spot coverage {beta}_spot_=0.2 and 0.4. The models are also compared with the observed lithium depletion patterns. To reproduce the colour-magnitude diagram and the observed lithium depletion pattern in Gamma Vel A and B and in 25 Ori one needs to assume both a reduced convection efficiency, with {alpha}_ML_=1.0, and an effective surface spot coverage of about 20%. We obtained ages of 18^+1.5^_-4.0_ Myr and 21^+3.5^_-3.0_ Myr for Gamma Vel A and B, respectively, and 19^+1.5^_-7.0_ Myr for 25 Ori. However, a single isochrone is not sufficient to account for the lithium dispersion, and an increasing level of spot coverage as mass decreases seems to be required. On the other hand, the older clusters (NGC 2451B at 30^+3.0^_-5.0_Myr, NGC 2547 at 35^+4.0^_-4.0_Myr, and NGC 2516 at 138^+48^_-42_Myr) are consistent with standard models, with {alpha}_ML_=2.0 and no spots, except at low masses: a 20% spot coverage appears to better reproduce the sequence of M-type stars and might explain the observed spread in lithium abundances. The quality of Gaia-ESO data combined with Gaia allows us to gain important insights on pre-main sequence evolution. Models including starspots can provide a consistent explanation of the cluster sequences and lithium abundances observed in young clusters, although a range of starspot coverage is required to fully reproduce the data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/461/509
- Title:
- Membership and spectroscopy of IC 2391
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/461/509
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Young open clusters provide important clues to the interface between the main sequence and pre-main-sequence phases of stellar evolution. The young and nearby open cluster IC 2391 is well-suited to studies of these two evolutionary phases. We establish a bona fide set of cluster members and then analyze this set in terms of binary frequency, projected rotational velocities, [Fe/H], and lithium abundance. In the wake of the Hipparcos distance controversy for the Pleiades, we compare the main-sequence fitting distance modulus to the Hipparcos mean parallax for IC 2391.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/18.126
- Title:
- Membership catalog for M12 (NGC6218) stars
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/18.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using astrometric techniques developed by Anderson et al., we determine proper motions (PMs) in the ~14.60x16.53arcmin^2^ area of the kinematically "thick-disk" globular cluster M12. The cluster's proximity and sparse nature makes it a suitable target for ground-based telescopes. Archive images with time gap of ~11.1-years were observed with the wide-field imager (WFI) mosaic camera mounted on the ESO 2.2m telescope. The median value of PM error in both components is ~0.7mas/yr for the stars having V<=20mag. PMs are used to determine membership probabilities and to separate field stars from the cluster sample. In electronic form, a membership catalog of 3725 stars with precise coordinates, PMs and BV RI photometry is being provided. One of the possible applications of the catalog is demonstrated by gathering the membership information of the variable stars, blue stragglers and X-ray sources reported earlier in the cluster's region.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/134/2340
- Title:
- Membership of Praesepe and Coma Berenices clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/134/2340
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a stellar membership survey of the nearby open clusters Praesepe and Coma Berenices. We have combined archival survey data from the SDSS, 2MASS, USNOB1.0, and UCAC-2.0 surveys to compile proper motions and photometry for ~5 million sources over 300{deg}^2^. Of these sources, 1010 stars in Praesepe and 98 stars in Coma Ber are identified as candidate members with probability >80%; 442 and 61 are identified as high-probability candidates for the first time. We estimate that this survey is >90% complete across a wide range of spectral types (F0-M5 in Praesepe, F5-M6 in Coma Ber). We have also investigated the stellar mass dependence of each cluster's mass and radius in order to quantify the role of mass segregation and tidal stripping in shaping the present-day mass function and spatial distribution of stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/878/111
- Title:
- Members in Serpens Molecular Cloud with Gaia DR2
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/878/111
- Date:
- 18 Jan 2022 15:09:42
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The dense clusters within the Serpens Molecular Cloud are among the most active regions of nearby star formation. In this paper, we use Gaia DR2 parallaxes and proper motions to statistically measure ~1167 kinematic members of Serpens, few of which have been previously identified, to evaluate the star formation history of the complex. The optical members of Serpens are concentrated in three distinct groups located at 380-480pc; the densest clusters are still highly obscured by optically thick dust and have few optical members. The total population of young stars and protostars in Serpens is at least 2000 stars, including past surveys that were most sensitive to protostars and disks, and may be much higher. Distances to dark clouds measured from deficits in star counts are consistent with the distances to the optical star clusters. The Serpens Molecular Cloud is seen in the foreground of the Aquila Rift, dark clouds located at 600-700pc, and behind patchy extinction, here called the Serpens Cirrus, located at ~250pc. Based on the lack of a distributed population of older stars, the star formation rate throughout the Serpens Molecular Cloud increased by at least a factor of 20 within the past ~5Myr. The optically bright stars in Serpens Northeast are visible because their natal molecular cloud has been eroded, not because they were flung outwards from a central factory of star formation. The separation between subclusters of 20-100pc and the absence of an older population together lead to speculation that an external forcing was needed to trigger the active star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/631/A166
- Title:
- Members of 5 cluster in Ori OB1a association
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/631/A166
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Orion complex is arguably the most studied star-forming region in the Galaxy. While stars are still being born in the Orion nebula, the oldest part was believed to be no more than 13Myr old. In order to study the full hierarchy of star formation across the Orion complex, we perform a clustering analysis of the Ori OB1a region using new stellar surveys and derive robust ages for each identified stellar aggregate. We use Gaia DR2 parameters supplemented with radial velocities from the GALAH and APOGEE surveys to perform clustering of the Ori OB1a association. Five overdensities are resolved in a six-dimensional parameter space (positions, distance, proper motions, and radial velocity). Most correspond to previously known structures (ASCC 16, 25 Orionis, ASCC 20, ASCC 21). We use Gaia DR2, Pan-STARRS1 and 2MASS photometry to fit isochrones to the colour-magnitude diagrams of the identified clusters. The ages of the clusters can thus be measured with 10% precision. While four of the clusters have ages between 11 and 13Myr, the ASCC 20 cluster stands out at an age of 21+/-3Myr. This is significantly greater than the age of any previously known component of the Orion complex. To some degree, all clusters overlap in at least one of the six phase-space dimensions. We argue that the formation history of the Orion complex, and its relation to the Gould belt, must be reconsidered. A significant challenge in reconstructing the history of the Ori OB1a association is to understand the impact of the newly discovered 21Myr old population on the younger parts of the complex, including their formation.
