Masgomas-4: Physical characterization of a double-core obscured cluster with a massive and very young stellar population

2014/05/18 by S. Ramírez Alegría, A. Marín-Franch, A. Herrero
Physics and Astronomy · #Archaeology #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Characterization (materials science) #Cluster (spacecraft) #Computer science #Context (archaeology) #Core (optical fiber) #Demography #Geography #Milky Way #Physics #Population #Sky #Sociology #Star (game theory) #Star cluster #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322921

published as A&A 567, A66 (2014) · Accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2014/05/18 · openalex publication_date 2014/05/23 · arxiv updated 2014/09/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The discovery of new, obscured massive star clusters has changed our understanding of the Milky Way star-forming activity from a passive to a very active star-forming machine. The search for these obscured clusters is strongly supported by the use of all-sky, near-IR surveys.

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