2021/01/26 by F A Ferreira, Filipe A. Ferreira, W. J. B. Corradi +5 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Bulge #Cluster (spacecraft) #Galactic Center #Open cluster #Physics #Proper motion #Star cluster #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slab011
5 pages, 4 figures, Accepted in MNRAS Jan-2021
arxiv created 2021/01/26 · openalex publication_date 2021/01/28 · openalex created_date 2021/02/01 · arxiv updated 2021/02/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
ABSTRACT We report the discovery of 34 new open clusters and candidates as a result of a systematic search carried out in 200 adjacent fields of 1 × 1 deg2 area projected towards the Galactic bulge, using Gaia DR2 data. The objects were identified and characterized by a joint analysis of their photometric, kinematic, and spatial distribution that has been consistently used and proved to be effective in our previous works. The discoveries were validated by cross-referencing the objects position and astrometric parameters with the available literature. Besides their coordinates and astrometric parameters, we also provide sizes, ages, distances, and reddening for the discovered objects. In particular, 32 clusters are closer than 2 kpc from the Sun, which represents an increment of nearly 39 \rm per cent of objects with astrophysical parameters determined in the nearby inner disc. Although these objects fill an important gap in the open clusters distribution along the Sagittarius arm, this arm, traced by known clusters, appears to be interrupted, which may be an artefact due to the incompleteness of the cluster census.