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Gclusters :: Bibliographic item "gc555"

Article ID: gc555
AuthorSharina, M. E.; Donzelli, C. J.; Davoust, E.; Shimansky, V. V.; Charbonnel, C.
TitleGemini spectroscopy of the outer disk star cluster BH176
JournalAstronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 570, id.A48, 15 pp.
Year of publication2018 (on gclusters from 2018-12-06 00:00:00 )
AbstractBH176 is an old metal-rich star cluster. It is spatially and kinematically consistent with belonging to the Monoceros Ring. It is larger in size and more distant from the Galactic plane than typical open clusters, and it does not belong to the Galactic bulge. Our aim is to determine the origin of this unique object by accurately determining its distance, metallicity, and age (...) BH176 is a member of old Galactic open clusters that presumably belong to the thick disk. It may have originated as a massive star cluster after the encounter of the forming thin disk with a high-velocity gas cloud or as a satellite dwarf galaxy.
Also available at:https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1629
TagsBH 176

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