Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010iaus..266..366b&link_type=abstract
Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks throughout time and space, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IA
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Open Clusters And Associations: General, Open Clusters And Associations: Individual ([Dbs2003]179, [Dbs2003]106, [Mcm2005B]23, [Mcm2005B]30, [Mcm2005B]70), Globular Clusters: Individual ([Mcm2005B]3, [Mcm2005B]5), Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Wolf–Rayet
Scientific paper
We are reporting some recent results from our long-term program aimed at characterizing the obscured present-day star cluster population in the Galaxy. Our goal is to expand the current census of the Milky Way's inner stellar disk to guide models seeking to understand the structure and recent star-formation history of our Galaxy. The immediate goal is to derive accurate cluster physical parameters using precise infrared photometry and spectroscopy. So far, we observed approximately 60 star cluster candidates selected from different infrared catalogs. Their nature, reddening, distance, age and mass are analyzed. Two of them, Mercer 3 and Mercer 5, are new obscured Milky Way globular clusters. Among the newly identified open clusters, the objects [DBS2003] 179, Mercer 23, Mercer 30, Mercer 70, and [DBS2003] 106 are particularly interesting because they contain massive young OB and Wolf-Rayet stars with strong emission lines.
Borissova Jura
Georgiev Leonid
Hanson Margaret Murray
Ivanov Valentin
Kurtev Radostin
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