Age determination for 269 Gaia DR2 open clusters
Abstract
Context. The Gaia Second Data Release provides precise astrometry and photometry for more than 1.3 billion sources. This catalog opens a new era concerning the characterization of open clusters and test stellar models, paving the way for better understanding of the disk properties.
Aims: The aim of the paper is to improve the knowledge of cluster parameters, using only the unprecedented quality of the Gaia photometry and astrometry.
Methods: We have made use of the membership determination based on the precise Gaia astrometry and photometry. We applied an automated Bayesian tool, BASE-9, to fit stellar isochrones on the observed G, GBP, GRP magnitudes of the high probability member stars.
Results: We derive parameters such as age, distance modulus, and extinction for a sample of 269 open clusters, selecting only low reddening objects and discarding very young clusters, for which techniques other than isochrone-fitting are more suitable for estimating ages.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- March 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201834693
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1901.04733
- Bibcode:
- 2019A&A...623A.108B
- Keywords:
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- methods: statistical;
- open clusters and associations: general;
- Galaxy: stellar content;
- catalogs;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, 11 figures. Submitted