Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way

Author: Scholz R.-D.   Kharchenko N. V.   Piskunov A. E.   Röser S.   Schilbach E.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|581|issue|A39-A39

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.581, Iss.issue, 2015-08, pp. : A39-A39

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Abstract

Context. The global Milky Way Star Clusters (MWSC) survey provided new cluster membership lists and mean cluster parameters for nearly 80% of all previously known Galactic clusters. The MWSC data reduction pipeline involved the catalogue of positions and proper motions (PPMXL) on the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) and near-infrared photometry from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).