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219. Open clusters: numbers

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Of the 3000 open clusters catalogued pre-Gaia, nearly two thirds have now been shown to be chance overdensities, while Gaia's census today lists around 14,000. I describe how open clusters are distributed throughout our Galaxy, how they relate to the spiral arms, and the interesting class of binary clusters.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15661463

Author: Perryman, Michael

Language: English

Topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6912468404

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