- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/278/36
- Title:
- M 31 new OB associations
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/278/36
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A new identification of OB associations in M 31 has been performed using the Path Linkage Criterion technique of Battinelli (1991A&A...244...69B). We found 174 associations with a very small contamination (<5%) by random clumps stars. The expected total number and average size of OB associations in the region of M 31 covered by our data set (Magnier et al., 1992, Cat. <II/208>) are ~280 and ~90pc, respectively. M 31 associations therefore have sizes similar to those of OB associations observed in nearby galaxies, so that we can consider them to be classical OB associations. This list of OB associations will be used for the study of the spatial distribution of OB associations and their correlation with other objects. Taking into account the fact that we do not cover the entire disk of M 31, we extrapolate a total number of associations in M 31 of ~420.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/94/615
- Title:
- Molecular outflow sources
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/94/615
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A K'-band imaging survey with a ~8'x3' field of view of all regions associated with CO molecular outflow from the list of Fukui (1989) has been conducted. We present the individual images and describe individual nebulous objects and star clusters. The vast majority of all outflow sources are associated with nebulosity detectable in K', so such nebulae can be used as tracers for very young stars. We find a significant fraction (one-third) of molecular outflow sources to be associated with clusters of young stars. Most of the young embedded clusters show peaks in their K' magnitude histograms that, if interpreted as an evolutionary effect, indicate average ages of the embedded star population of <1x10^6yr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/754/101
- Title:
- Monoceros Overdensity deep imaging with Subaru
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/754/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We derive distance, density, and metallicity distribution of the stellar Monoceros Overdensity (MO) in the outer Milky Way, based on deep imaging with the Subaru Telescope. We applied color-magnitude diagram fitting techniques in three stripes at galactic longitudes, l~130{deg}, 150{deg}, 170{deg}, and galactic latitudes, +15{deg}<=b<=+25{deg}. The MO appears as a wall of stars at a heliocentric distance of ~10.1+/-0.5kpc across the observed longitude range with no distance change. The MO stars are more metal-rich ([Fe/H]~-1.0) than the nearby stars at the same latitude. These data are used to test three different models for the origin of the MO: a perturbed disk model, which predicts a significant drop in density adjacent to the MO that is not seen; a basic flared disk model, which can give a good match to the density profile but the MO metallicity implies the disk is too metal-rich to source the MO stars; and a tidal stream model, which, from the literature, brackets the distances and densities we derive for the MO, suggesting that a model can be found that would fully fit the MO data. Further data and modeling will be required to confirm or rule out the MO feature as a stream or as a flaring of the disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/72/495
- Title:
- Moving Star Clusters in the Solar Neighborhood
- Short Name:
- J/AZh/72/495
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Two cluster analysis algorithms - the principal stars method and the hierarchical clustering method - are used to identify moving star clusters in a sample of 1947 single and multiple stars in the nearby solar neighborhood with known space velocities from the Gliese and Jahreiss (Cat. <V/70>) catalog. Five rich moving clusters containing from 35 to 40 stars with velocities differing by not more than 6 km/s from the centroid value have been reliably identified. In addition, seven poor clusters have been identified with less confidence. Rich moving clusters include about 10% of all stars with known space velocities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/602/A112
- Title:
- M31 PHAT star clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/602/A112
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This study is the fifth of a series that investigates the degeneracy and stochasticity problems present in the determination of physical parameters such as age, mass, extinction, and metallicity of partially resolved or unresolved star cluster populations in external galaxies when using HST broad-band photometry. In this work we aim to derive parameters of star clusters using models with fixed and free metallicity based on the HST WFC3+ACS photometric system. The method is applied to derive parameters of a subsample of 1363 star clusters in the Andromeda galaxy observed with the HST. Following Paper III (de Meulenaer et al., 2015A&A...574A..66D), we derive the star cluster parameters using a large grid of stochastic models that are compared to the six observed integrated broad-band WFC3+ACS magnitudes of star clusters. We show that the age, mass, and extinction of the M31 star clusters, derived assuming fixed solar metallicity, are in agreement with previous studies. We also demonstrate the ability of the WFC3+ACS photometric system to derive metallicity of star clusters older than ~1 Gyr. We show that the metallicity derived using broad-band photometry of 36 massive M31 star clusters is in good agreement with the metallicity derived using spectroscopy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/139/1413
- Title:
- M81 star cluster candidates
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/139/1413
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of extended objects in the vicinity of M81 based on a set of 24 Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Camera F814W (I-band) images. We have found 233 good globular cluster (GC) candidates; 92 candidate HII regions, OB associations, or diffuse open clusters; 489 probable background galaxies; and 1719 unclassified objects. We have color data from ground-based g- and r-band MMT Megacam images for 79 galaxies, 125 GC candidates, 7 HII regions, and 184 unclassified objects. The color-color diagram of GC candidates shows that most fall into the range 0.25<g-r<1.25 and 0.5<r-I<1.25, similar to the color range of Milky Way GCs. Unclassified objects are often blue, suggesting that many of them are likely to be HII regions and open clusters, although a few galaxies and GCs may be among them.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/191
- Title:
- Multicolor photometry of 135 star clusters in M31
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/191
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we present photometry for young star clusters in M31, which are selected from Caldwell et al. These star clusters have been observed as part of the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) Multicolor Sky Survey from 1995 February to 2008 March. The BATC images including these star clusters are taken with 15 intermediate-band filters covering 3000-10000{AA}. Combined with photometry in the GALEX far- and near-ultraviolet, broadband UBV RI, SDSS ugriz, and infrared JHK_s_ of Two Micron All Sky Survey, we obtain their accurate spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from 1538 to 20000{AA}. We derive these star clusters' ages and masses by comparing their SEDs with stellar population synthesis models. Our results are in good agreement with previous determinations. The mean value of age and mass of young clusters (<2Gyr) is about 385Myr and 2x10^4^M_{sun}_, respectively. There are two distinct peaks in the age distribution, a highest peak at age ~60Myr and a secondary peak around 250Myr, while the mass distribution shows a single peak around 10^4^M_{sun}_. A few young star clusters have two-body relaxation times greater than their ages, indicating that those clusters have not been well dynamically relaxed and therefore have not established the thermal equilibrium. There are several regions showing aggregations of young star clusters around the 10kpc ring and the outer ring, indicating that the distribution of the young star clusters is well correlated with M31's star-forming regions. The young massive star clusters (age<=100Myr and mass>=10^4^M_{sun}_) show apparent concentration around the ring splitting region, suggesting a recent passage of a satellite galaxy (M32) through M31 disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/101
- Title:
- Multiwavelength data of IRAS 20050+2720 young SFR
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IRAS 20050+2720 is young star-forming region at a distance of 700pc without apparent high-mass stars. We present results of our multi-wavelength study of IRAS 20050+2720 which includes observations by Chandra and Spitzer, and Two Micron All Sky Survey and UBVRI photometry. In total, about 300 young stellar objects (YSOs) in different evolutionary stages are found. We characterize the distribution of YSOs in this region using a minimum spanning tree analysis. We newly identify a second cluster core, which consists mostly of class II objects, about 10' from the center of the cloud. YSOs of earlier evolutionary stages are more clustered than more evolved objects. The X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of IRAS 20050+2720 is roughly lognormal, but steeper than the XLF of the more massive Orion Nebula complex. IRAS 20050+2720 shows a lower N_H_/A_K_ ratio compared with the diffuse interstellar medium.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/903/96
- Title:
- MUTA; the {mu}Tau Association
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/903/96
- Date:
- 15 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an analysis of the newly identified {mu}Tau Association (MUTA) of young stars at ~150pc from the Sun that is part of the large Cas-Tau structure, coeval and comoving with the {alpha}Persei cluster. This association is also located in the vicinity of the Taurus-Auriga star-forming region and the Pleiades association, although it is unrelated to them. We identify more than 500 candidate members of MUTA using Gaia DR2 data and the BANYAN {Sigma} tool, and we determine an age of 62{+/-}7Myr for its population based on an empirical comparison of its color-magnitude diagram sequence with those of other nearby young associations. The MUTA association is related to the Theia 160 group of Kounkel & Covey and corresponds to the e Tau group of Liu et al. It is also part of the Cas-Tau group of Blaauw. As part of this analysis, we introduce an iterative method based on spectral templates to perform an accurate correction of interstellar extinction of Gaia DR2 photometry, needed because of its wide photometric bandpasses. We show that the members of MUTA display an expected increased rate of stellar activity and faster rotation rates compared with older stars, and that literature measurements of the lithium equivalent width of nine G0- to K3-type members are consistent with our age determination. We show that the present- day mass function of MUTA is consistent with other known nearby young associations. We identify WD0340+103 as a hot, massive white dwarf remnant of a B2 member that left its planetary nebula phase only 270000yr ago, posing an independent age constraint of 60_-6_^+8^ Myr for MUTA, consistent with our isochrone age. This relatively large collection of comoving young stars near the Sun indicates that more work is required to unveil the full kinematic structure of the complex of young stars surrounding {alpha} Persei and Cas-Tau.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/525
- Title:
- M83 young star cluster light profiles
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/525
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We measure the radii and two-dimensional light profiles of a large sample of young, massive star clusters in M83 using archival HST/Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) imaging of seven adjacent fields. We use galfit to fit the two-dimensional light profiles of the clusters, from which we find effective (half-light) radii, core radii, and slopes of the power-law (EFF) profile ({eta}). We find lognormal distributions of effective radius and core radius, with medians of ~2.5 and ~1.3pc, respectively. Our results provide strong evidence for a characteristic size of young, massive clusters. The average effective radius and core radius increase somewhat with cluster age. Little to no change in effective radius is observed with increasing galactocentric distance, except perhaps for clusters younger than 100Myr. We find a shallow correlation between effective radius and mass for the full cluster sample, but a stronger correlation is present for clusters 200-300Myr in age. Finally, the majority of the clusters are best fit by an EFF model with index {eta} <~3.0. There is no strong evidence for change in {eta} with cluster age, mass, or galactocentric distance. Our results suggest that clusters emerge from early evolution with similar radii and are not strongly affected by the tidal field of M83. Mass-loss due to stellar evolution and/or giant molecular cloud interactions appear to dominate cluster expansion in the age range we study.
