A Highly Reddened Star Cluster Embedded in the Galactic Plane

Details A Highly Reddened Star Cluster Embedded in the Galactic Plane A Highly Reddened Star Cluster Embedded in the Galactic Plane

Aug 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aj....122..876n&link_type=abstract

The Astronomical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 2, pp. 876-884.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxy: Stellar Content, Stars: Formation, Stars: Imaging

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We found a cluster of early-type star candidates embedded in the Galactic plane by using optical to near-infrared broadband imaging. The observed region is around the 10 highly reddened stars found as a possible new and very remote open cluster by Stephenson. The 10 stars are identified as red supergiants, and several similar stars are newly found in our images. Furthermore, 25 early-type star candidates suffering visual extinction of AV~11.2 have been identified from various color-magnitude and color-color diagrams. These stars are likely to make a star cluster, and we estimate its age and distance to be ~107.7 yr and ~1.5 kpc, respectively.

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