- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/389/678
- Title:
- Catalogue of extended objects in Magellanic Clouds
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/389/678
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We update the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), Bridge and Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) catalogues of extended objects that were constructed by members of our group from 1995 to 2000. In addition to the rich subsequent literature for the previous classes, we now also include HI shells and supershells. A total of 9305 objects were cross-identified, while our previous catalogues amounted to 7900 entries, an increase of ~12 per cent. We present the results in subcatalogues containing 1445 emission nebulae, 3740 star clusters, 3326 associations and 794 HI shells and supershells. Angular and apparent size distributions of the extended objects are analysed. We conclude that the objects, in general, appear to respond to tidal effects arising from the LMC, SMC and Bridge. Number-density profiles extracted along directions parallel and perpendicular to the LMC bar, can be described by two exponential-discs. A single exponential-disc fits the equivalent SMC profiles. Interestingly, when angular-averaged number-densities of most of the extended objects are considered, the profiles of both Clouds do not follow an exponential-disc. Rather, they are best described by a tidally truncated, core/halo profile, despite the fact that the Clouds are clearly disturbed discs. On the other hand, the older star clusters taken isolately, distribute as an exponential disc. The present catalogue is an important tool for the unambiguous identification of previous objects in current CCD surveys and to establish new findings.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/486/2477
- Title:
- Catalogue of members of NGC 6530
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/486/2477
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The combination of precise radial velocities from multi-object spectroscopy and highly accurate proper motions from Gaia DR2 opens up the possibility for detailed 3D kinematic studies of young star-forming regions and clusters. Here, we perform such an analysis by combining Gaia-ESO Survey spectroscopy with Gaia astrometry for ~900 members of the Lagoon Nebula cluster, NGC 6530. We measure the 3D velocity dispersion of the region to be 5.35^+0.39^_-0.34_km/s, which is large enough to suggest the region is gravitationally unbound. The velocity ellipsoid is anisotropic, implying that the region is not sufficiently dynamically evolved to achieve isotropy, though the central part of NGC 6530 does exhibit velocity isotropy that suggests sufficient mixing has occurred in this denser part. We find strong evidence that the stellar population is expanding, though this is preferentially occurring in the declination direction and there is very little evidence for expansion in the right ascension direction. This argues against a simple radial expansion pattern, as predicted by models of residual gas expulsion. We discuss these findings in the context of cluster formation, evolution, and disruption theories.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/438/1163
- Title:
- Catalogue of Open Cluster Data (COCD)
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/438/1163
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalogue is a result of studies of wide neighborhoods of 513 open clusters and 7 compact associations carried out in high precision homogeneous all sky catalogue ASCC-2.5 (Kharchenko, 2001, Cat. <I/280>). On the basis of data on about 33000 possible members (including about 10000 most probable ones) and homogeneous methods of cluster parameter determination the angular sizes of cluster cores and coronae, cluster heliocentric distances, mean proper motions, mean radial velocities and ages were established and collected in the COCD. These include cluster distances for 200 clusters, average cluster radial velocities for 94 clusters, and cluster ages for 195 clusters derived for the first time. Clusters in the catalogue are sorted by right ascension J2000 order. The Open Cluster Diagrams Atlas (OCDA) presents a set of open cluster diagrams used for the determination of parameters of 513 open clusters and 7 compact associations, and is intended to illustrate the quality of the constructed cluster membership (Kharchenko et al., 2004, Cat. <J/AN/425/740>), and the accuracy of the derived cluster parameters (this paper). Every diagram presents relation between various stellar data from all sky catalogue ASCC-2.5 (Kharchenko 2001, Cat. <I/280>) in area of the specific cluster. There are five diagrams provided for every cluster in the Atlas: the area map, the density profile, the vector point diagram, the magnitude equation diagram, and the color-magnitude diagram. The OCDA consists of 520 PostScript plots stored as gzipped files (i.e. one file per cluster).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/96
- Title:
- Catalogue of open cluster parameters from UBV-data.
- Short Name:
- V/96
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The authors constructed the homogeneous set of galactic open cluster parameters (reddenings, distances, ages and partly metallicities) using published UBV-photometry data (Loktin, Matkin, 1992). The catalogue contains data on 340 clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/417/L6
- Title:
- Catalogue of stellar cluster properties in M83
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/417/L6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study the stellar cluster population in two adjacent fields in the nearby, face-on spiral galaxy, M83, using multi-wavelength WFC3/HST imaging. After automatic detection procedures, the clusters are selected through visual inspection to be centrally concentrated, symmetric, and resolved on the images, which allows us to differentiate between clusters and likely unbound associations. We compare our sample with previous studies and show that the differences between the catalogues are largely due to the inclusion of large numbers of diffuse associations within previous catalogues as well as the inclusion of the central starburst region, where the completeness limit is significantly worse than in the surrounding regions. We derive the size distribution of the clusters, which is well described by a log-normal distribution with a peak at ~2.5pc, and find evidence for an expansion in the half-light radius of clusters with age. The luminosity function of the clusters is well approximated by a power-law with index, -2, over most of the observed range, however a steepening is seen at M_V=-9.3 and -8.8 in the inner and outer fields, respectively. Additionally, we show that the cluster population is inconsistent with a pure power-law mass distribution, but instead exhibits a truncation at the high mass end. If described as a Schechter function, the characteristic mass is 1.6 and 0.5x10^5^M_{sun}_, for the inner and outer fields, respectively, in agreement with previous estimates of other cluster populations in spiral galaxies. Comparing the predictions of the mass independent disruption (MID) and mass dependent disruption (MDD) scenarios with the observed distributions, we find that both models can accurately fit the data. However, for the MID case, the fraction of clusters destroyed (or mass lost) per decade in age is dependent on the environment, hence, the age/mass distributions of clusters are not universal. In the MDD case, the disruption timescale scales with galactocentric distance (being longer in the outer regions of the galaxy) in agreement with analytic and numerical predictions. Finally, we discuss the implications of our results on other extragalactic surveys, focussing on the fraction of stars that form in clusters and the need (or lack thereof) for infant mortality.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/548/A97
- Title:
- Catalogue of variable stars in open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/548/A97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first catalogue of known variable stars in open cluster regions and with up to two times the given cluster radius. This gives basic information about the distribution of variable stars in cluster fields for the complete sky.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/379/453
- Title:
- CCD BVI photometry of 5 open cluster candidates
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/379/453
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present CCD BVI observations obtained for 1759 stars in 4'x4' regions around the unstudied southern stellar aggregates Ruprecht 103, 124, 129, 146 and 166, which are described as open clusters in several catalogues. Our analysis shows that none of these stellar groups are genuine open clusters since no clear main sequences or other meaningful features can be seen in their colour-magnitude diagrams. Star counts carried out within and outside the cluster candidate fields not only support these results but also show that the studied objects do not appear to be candidate late stages of star cluster dynamical evolution.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/365/110
- Title:
- CCD BVI photometry of 3 open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/365/110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present BVI photometry for poorly known southern hemisphere open clusters: NGC 2425, Haffner 10 and Czernik 29. We have calculated the density profile and established the number of stars in each cluster. The colour-magnitude diagrams of the objects show a well-defined main sequence. However, the red giant clump is present only in NGC 2425 and Haffner 10. For these two clusters we estimated the age as 2.5+/-0.5Gyr assuming metallicity of Z=0.008. The apparent distance moduli are in the ranges 13.2<(m-M)_V<13.6 and 14.3<(m-M)_V<14.7, while heliocentric distances are estimated to be 2.9<d<3.8kpc and 3.1<d<4.3kpc, respectively for NGC 2425 and Haffner 10. The angular separation of 2.4deg (150pc at mean distance) may indicate a common origin of the two clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/133/25
- Title:
- CCD BVI photometry of Trumpler 5
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/133/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- BVI data for stars from the field of the old open cluster Tr 5 are given
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/395/823
- Title:
- CCD {Delta}a-photometry of 5 open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/395/823
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The time scale on which chemical peculiarity in upper main sequence stars begins is unknown. Results from the Hipparcos measurements indicate that the classical chemically peculiar (CP) stars occupy the whole area from the zero age main sequence to the terminal age main sequence. Hubrig et al. (2000ApJ...539..352H) reported that the magnetic fields appear only in stars that have already completed at least approximately 30% of their main sequence life time. Previous observations in the very young Orion OB1 and Scorpio Centaurus associations reveal a percentage of chemically peculiar stars that is significantly smaller (less than 5%) than that of the galactic field (up to 25%). This already indicates that the phenomenon needs at least several Myr to appear. Since no further observations have been published since then, we have observed the five very young (1Myr<Age<25Myr) open clusters Collinder 272, Pismis 20, Lynga 14, NGC 6396 and NGC 6611. Photometry from 250 CCD frames in the three filter Delta a-system results in very low detection limits (0.008 to 0.015mag). We find no single photometrically chemically peculiar candidate in approximately 460 observed cluster members in the five program clusters. From the number of observed objects we deduce upper limits between 0.6% and 2.4% for the incidence of CP stars for the five observed aggregates.The tables presented here include all photometric observations of these five clusters. For a description of the (Delta a) photometric system, see e.g. <GCPD/75>: a = g2 - (g1+y)/2 g1 and g2 centered at 502 and 524nm.
