Probing FSR star cluster candidates in bulge/disc directions with 2MASS colour–magnitude diagrams
Probing FSR star cluster candidates in bulge/disc directions with 2MASS colour–magnitude diagrams
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使用 2MASS 颜色-星等图探测球核/圆盘方向的 FSR 候选星团
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12812.x
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
D. Camargo
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文献类型:
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作者:
E. Bica;C. Bonatto;D. Camargo
We analyse 20 star cluster candidates projected mostly in the bulge direction (|� | < 60 ◦ ). The sample contains all candidates in that sector classified by Froebrich, Scholz & Raftery with quality flags denoting high probability of being star clusters. Bulge contamination in the colour‐magnitude diagrams (CMDs) is in general important, while at lower Galactic latitudes disc stars contribute as well. Properties of the candidates are investigated with Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) CMDs and stellar radial density profiles (RDPs) built with field star decontaminated photometry. To uncover the nature of the structures we decontaminate the CMDs from field stars using tools that we previously developed to deal with objects in dense fields. We confirm in all cases excesses in the RDPs with respect to the background level, as expected from the method the candidates were originally selected. CMDs and RDPs taken together revealed six open clusters, five uncertain cases that require deeper observations, while nine objects are possibly field density fluctuations.
DOI:
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2007.00409.x
发表时间:
2008
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Letters
影响因子:
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作者:
Froebrich D
通讯作者:
Froebrich D