Stellar kinematic groups. I - The Ursa Major group

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Jan 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aj....105..226s&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 105, no. 1, p. 226-249.

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Kinematics, Solar Neighborhood, Star Clusters, Star Formation, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Milky Way Galaxy, Molecular Clouds, Radial Velocity

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The Ursa Major Group (UMaG) is studied as a test case for the authenticity of Stellar Kinematic Groups, using Coravel radial velocities, recent compilations of astrometric data, and new spectroscopic observations. Spectroscopic age indicators, particularly indices of the strength of chromospheric emission, are applied to solar-type candidate members of UMaG, and it is shown that stars that meet the spectroscopic criteria also have kinematics that agree better with the space motions of the nucleus of UMaG than does the starting sample as a whole. The primary limitation on the precision of kinematics is now parallaxes instead of radial velocities. These more restrictive kinematic criteria are then applied to other UMaG candidates and a list summarizing membership is presented. UMaG is also examined as a cluster, confirming its traditional age of 0.3 Gyr, and a mean Fe/H of -0.08 +/- 0.09 for those stars most likely to be bona fide members.

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