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The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2020 AbstractWe review the current knowledge about nuclear star clusters (NSCs), the spectacularly dense and massive assemblies of stars found at the centers of most galaxies. Recent observational and theoretical works suggest that many NSC properties, including their masses, densities, and stellar populations, vary with the properties of their host ...
Nadine Neumayer +2 more
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Dust-buried Compact Sources in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4449
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Multiwavelength images from the Hubble Space Telescope covering the wavelength range 0.27–1.6 μ m show that the central area of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 contains several tens of compact sources that are emitting in the hydrogen recombination line
Daniela Calzetti +12 more
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NUCLEAR STAR CLUSTERS FROM CLUSTERED STAR FORMATION [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 11 pages, 12 figures, revised version corrects a numerical error that lead to a moderate overestimate of NSC masses; conclusions remain ...
Agarwal, Meghann, Milosavljevic, Milos
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Unveiling Hidden Stellar Aggregates in the Milky Way: 1656 New Star Clusters Found in Gaia EDR3
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2022 We report 1656 new star clusters found in the Galactic disk (∣ b ∣ < 20°) beyond 1.2 kpc, using Gaia EDR3 data. Based on an unsupervised machine-learning algorithm, DBSCAN, and following our previous studies, we utilized a unique method to do the data ...
Zhihong He +4 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 Studying open clusters (OCs) may help to provide a comprehensive understanding of the structure and evolution of the Milky Way. Many previous studies have systematically searched for OCs near the solar system within 1.2 kpc or 20° of Galactic latitude ...
Huanbin Chi +4 more
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Hunting for Neighboring Open Clusters with Gaia DR3: 101 New Open Clusters within 500 pc
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 We systematically searched for open clusters in the solar neighborhood within 500 pc using the pyUPMASK and HDBSCAN clustering algorithms based on Gaia DR3.
Songmei Qin +3 more
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oMEGACat. I. MUSE Spectroscopy of 300,000 Stars within the Half-light Radius of ω Centauri
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Omega Centauri ( ω Cen) is the most massive globular cluster of the Milky Way and has been the focus of many studies that reveal the complexity of its stellar populations and kinematics.
M. S. Nitschai +19 more
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The Role of Binarity and Stellar Rotation in the Split Main Sequence of NGC 2422
The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 In addition to the extended main-sequence turnoffs widely found in young and intermediate-age (∼600 Myr to 2 Gyr old) star clusters, some younger clusters even exhibit split main sequences (MSs).
Chenyu He +10 more
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2009 AbstractThe centers of most galaxies in the local Universe are occupied by compact, barely resolved sources. Based on their structural properties, position in the Fundamental Plane, and integrated spectra, these sources clearly have a stellar origin. They are therefore called ‘nuclear star clusters’ (NCs) or ‘stellar nuclei’.
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2010 Dynamical evolution plays a key role in shaping the current properties of star clusters and star cluster systems. A detailed understanding of the effects of evolutionary processes is essential to be able to disentangle the properties that result from dynamical evolution from those imprinted at the time of cluster formation.
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