OB Associations, Open Clusters, and the Luminosity Calibration of the Nearer Stars

Simple item page
dc.creatorBrown, Anthony
dc.date2000-09-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:55:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:55:43Z
dc.descriptionIn the context of the luminosity calibration of the nearer stars I discuss the Hipparcos results on distances to nearby OB associations and open clusters. The shortcomings and assumptions in the analyses used to derive these results are pointed out and for the open clusters a comparison is made with results obtained from main sequence fitting. I conclude that given the considerable uncertainties in the latter technique there is no convincing evidence that the Hipparcos based distances to open clusters beyond the Hyades should not be trusted.
dc.description4 pages; to appear in proceedings of IAU GA-XXIV Joint Discussion 13: Hipparcos and the Luminosity Calibration of the Nearer Stars
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009489
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009489
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1754
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOB Associations, Open Clusters, and the Luminosity Calibration of the Nearer Stars
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv