A starburst region around l = 347° - 350°
Abstract
Very recently, a number of obscured massive open clusters have been identified in the Milky Way. A very significant fraction of them lie either close to the base of the Scutum Arm or towards Galactic longitude of 350°. We are studying these clusters and their neighbourhoods, finding very good evidence for a major starburst region close to the near tip of the Galactic Long Bar.
- Publication:
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Formation, Evolution, and Survival of Massive Star Clusters
- Pub Date:
- March 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921316008747
- Bibcode:
- 2017IAUS..316..165M
- Keywords:
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- open cluster and associations:VdBH 222 and Teutsch 85;
- supergiant;
- Galactic structure