The Multiwavelength Picture of Star Formation in the Very Young Open Cluster NGC 6383
Abstract
We review the properties of the very young (∼ 2 Myr) open cluster NGC 6383. The cluster is dominated by the massive binary HD 159176 (O7 V + O7 V). The distance to NGC 6383 is consistently found to be 1.3 ± 0.1 kpc and the average reddening is determined to be E(bv) = 0.32 ± 0.02. Several pre-main sequence candidates have been identified using different criteria relying on the detection of emission lines, infrared excesses, photometric variability and X-ray emission.
- Publication:
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Handbook of Star Forming Regions, Volume II
- Pub Date:
- December 2008
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.0808.3887
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0808.3887
- Bibcode:
- 2008hsf2.book..497R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Handbook of Star Forming Regions, Vol. II (The Southern Sky), ed. Bo Reipurth