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Astrometric radial velocities. III. Hipparcos measurements of nearby star clusters and associations
Radial motions of stars in nearby moving clusters are determined fromaccurate proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes, without any use ofspectroscopy. Assuming that cluster members share the same velocityvector (apart from a random dispersion), we apply a maximum-likelihoodmethod on astrometric data from Hipparcos to compute radial and spacevelocities (and their dispersions) in the Ursa Major, Hyades, ComaBerenices, Pleiades, and Praesepe clusters, and for theScorpius-Centaurus, alpha Persei, and ``HIP 98321'' associations. Theradial motion of the Hyades cluster is determined to within 0.4 kms-1 (standard error), and that of its individual stars towithin 0.6 km s-1. For other clusters, Hipparcos data yieldastrometric radial velocities with typical accuracies of a few kms-1. A comparison of these astrometric values withspectroscopic radial velocities in the literature shows a good generalagreement and, in the case of the best-determined Hyades cluster, alsopermits searches for subtle astrophysical differences, such as evidencefor enhanced convective blueshifts of F-dwarf spectra, and decreasedgravitational redshifts in giants. Similar comparisons for the ScorpiusOB2 complex indicate some expansion of its associations, albeit slowerthan expected from their ages. As a by-product from the radial-velocitysolutions, kinematically improved parallaxes for individual stars areobtained, enabling Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams with unprecedentedaccuracy in luminosity. For the Hyades (parallax accuracy 0.3 mas), itsmain sequence resembles a thin line, possibly with wiggles in it.Although this main sequence has underpopulated regions at certaincolours (previously suggested to be ``Böhm-Vitense gaps''), suchare not visible for other clusters, and are probably spurious. Futurespace astrometry missions carry a great potential for absoluteradial-velocity determinations, insensitive to the complexities ofstellar spectra. Based on observations by the ESA Hipparcos satellite.Extended versions of Tables \ref{tab1} and \ref{tab2} are available inelectronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr(130.79.125.8) or viahttp://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/381/446
| A Search for Star Clusters from the HIPPARCOS Data
We present results of a search for nearby star clusters and associationsusing Hipparcos Catalogue data, restricting the sample to stars withparallaxes above 2 mas (d <~ 500 pc). Two new OB associations havebeen identified in the Carina-Vela and Cepheus-Cygnus-Lyra-Vulpecularegions. A very probable new open cluster has been discovered in Carina.The cluster, a Car, named after its brightest member, is young (60 Myr)and nearby (d = 132 pc). However, only seven bona fide members can bedrawn from the Hipparcos data. We report a detection of nine opencluster candidates in the distance range of 150 to 400 pc, and sixpossible associations almost all located within the Gould belt, althoughslightly older than the known nearby associations. In all cases, wepresent Yale theoretical isochrone fits to the color-magnitude diagrams,which indicate a moderate spread of ages between 60 to 200 Myr.Evidently, these young open cluster and association candidates arerelated to the overall distribution of young OB and A-type stars in thesolar neighborhood.
| UVBY photometry in M39 and Delta Lyrae
Photoelectric uvby observations have been obtained for stars in themid-B to early-A spectral range in the fields of M39 and Delta Lyrae.The color and luminosity calibrations of Crawford for B, A, and F starshave been employed, as well as the new calibration for A0 stars ofHilditch et al. (1983). The resulting distance modulus for M39 is 7.23,with a mean E(b - y) color excess of 0.025. A distance modulus of 7.29and a mean reddening of 0.032 has been derived for ten stars in thefield of Delta Lyrae, but the existence of a cluster is not stronglyindicated in the present study. Comparison of photometric and rotationalvelocity data for the M39 stars confirms a correlation between deltac(0) and rotational velocity for A and A0 stars, and suggests that anevolutionary correction of only -3 delta c(0) be employed for stars inboth spectral classes.
| Concentrations in the Local Association - Part Two - the Northern Concentrations Including the Alpha-Persei Pleiades M34 and Delta-Lyrae Clusters
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1983MNRAS.204..391E&db_key=AST
| NGC 2516 and the Pleiades Group
Abstract image available at:http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1972ApJ...173...63E&db_key=AST
| A Possible New Galactic Cluster Involving δ Lyrae
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| Constellation: | Λύρα |
| Right ascension: | 18h54m13.57s |
| Declination: | +36°44'00.4" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.597 |
| Distance: | 311.526 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 0.4 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -2.9 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.475 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.587 |
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