Open Clusters in the Milky Way

28 Março 2022, 08:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida

- How open clusters (OCs) provided the first proof of the existence of an interstellar medium

- OC catalogues

- Characterisation of the OC sample

- OC view of Galactic structure

- OC view of Galactic dynamics

- OC view of Galactic evolution

- The Gaia space mission

Additional reading:

- Moitinho, A., 2010, “Observational properties of the open cluster system of the Milky Way and what they tell us about our Galaxy”. Proc IAU S266, 106-116. doi:10.1017/S1743921309990949

- Cantat-Gaudin, T., et. al, 2020, “Painting a portrait of the Galactic disc with its stellar clusters”. A&A, 640, A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038192

- Cantat-Gaudin, T., 2022, “Milky Way Star Clusters and Gaia: A Review of the Ongoing Revolution”. Universe, 8, 111. doi:10.3390/universe8020111