Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars

Autores
Baume, Gustavo Luis; Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
Año de publicación
2013
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inglés
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Context. The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. Nearly 150 new open clusters and cluster candidates have been discovered in this survey. Aims. This is the second in a series of papers about young, massive open clusters observed using the VVV survey. We present the first study of six recently discovered clusters. These clusters contain at least one newly discovered Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. Methods. Following the methodology presented in the first paper of the series, wide-field, deep JHKs VVV observations, combined with new infrared spectroscopy, are employed to constrain fundamental parameters for a subset of clusters. Results. We find that the six studied stellar groups are real young (2-7 Myr) and massive (between 0.8 and 2.2 × 103 M⊙) clusters. They are highly obscured (AV ∼ 5-24 mag) and compact (1-2 pc). In addition to WR stars, two of the six clusters also contain at least one red supergiant star, and one of these two clusters also contains a blue supergiant. We claim the discovery of 8 new WR stars, and 3 stars showing WR-like emission lines which could be classified WR or OIf. Preliminary analysis provides initial masses of ∼30-50 M⊙ for the WR stars. Finally, we discuss the spiral structure of the Galaxy using the six new clusters as tracers, together with the previously studied VVV clusters.
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Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
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Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Open clusters and associations: general
Stars: massive
Stars: Wolf-Rayet
Surveys
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spelling Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet starsBaume, Gustavo LuisFeinstein Baigorri, CarlosCiencias AstronómicasInfrared: starsOpen clusters and associations: generalStars: massiveStars: Wolf-RayetSurveysContext. The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. Nearly 150 new open clusters and cluster candidates have been discovered in this survey. Aims. This is the second in a series of papers about young, massive open clusters observed using the VVV survey. We present the first study of six recently discovered clusters. These clusters contain at least one newly discovered Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. Methods. Following the methodology presented in the first paper of the series, wide-field, deep JHK<SUB>s</SUB> VVV observations, combined with new infrared spectroscopy, are employed to constrain fundamental parameters for a subset of clusters. Results. We find that the six studied stellar groups are real young (2-7 Myr) and massive (between 0.8 and 2.2 × 10<SUP>3</SUP> M⊙) clusters. They are highly obscured (A<SUB>V</SUB> ∼ 5-24 mag) and compact (1-2 pc). In addition to WR stars, two of the six clusters also contain at least one red supergiant star, and one of these two clusters also contains a blue supergiant. We claim the discovery of 8 new WR stars, and 3 stars showing WR-like emission lines which could be classified WR or OIf. Preliminary analysis provides initial masses of ∼30-50 M⊙ for the WR stars. Finally, we discuss the spiral structure of the Galaxy using the six new clusters as tracers, together with the previously studied VVV clusters.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La Plata2013info:eu-repo/semantics/reviewinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionRevisionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcinfo:ar-repo/semantics/resenaArticuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85245enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0004-6361info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361/201220107info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:34Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/85245Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:34.96SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
title Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
spellingShingle Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
Baume, Gustavo Luis
Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Open clusters and associations: general
Stars: massive
Stars: Wolf-Rayet
Surveys
title_short Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
title_full Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
title_fullStr Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
title_full_unstemmed Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
title_sort Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey : II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baume, Gustavo Luis
Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
author Baume, Gustavo Luis
author_facet Baume, Gustavo Luis
Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Feinstein Baigorri, Carlos
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Open clusters and associations: general
Stars: massive
Stars: Wolf-Rayet
Surveys
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Infrared: stars
Open clusters and associations: general
Stars: massive
Stars: Wolf-Rayet
Surveys
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Context. The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. Nearly 150 new open clusters and cluster candidates have been discovered in this survey. Aims. This is the second in a series of papers about young, massive open clusters observed using the VVV survey. We present the first study of six recently discovered clusters. These clusters contain at least one newly discovered Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. Methods. Following the methodology presented in the first paper of the series, wide-field, deep JHK<SUB>s</SUB> VVV observations, combined with new infrared spectroscopy, are employed to constrain fundamental parameters for a subset of clusters. Results. We find that the six studied stellar groups are real young (2-7 Myr) and massive (between 0.8 and 2.2 × 10<SUP>3</SUP> M⊙) clusters. They are highly obscured (A<SUB>V</SUB> ∼ 5-24 mag) and compact (1-2 pc). In addition to WR stars, two of the six clusters also contain at least one red supergiant star, and one of these two clusters also contains a blue supergiant. We claim the discovery of 8 new WR stars, and 3 stars showing WR-like emission lines which could be classified WR or OIf. Preliminary analysis provides initial masses of ∼30-50 M⊙ for the WR stars. Finally, we discuss the spiral structure of the Galaxy using the six new clusters as tracers, together with the previously studied VVV clusters.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
description Context. The ESO Public Survey "VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea" (VVV) provides deep multi-epoch infrared observations for an unprecedented 562 sq. degrees of the Galactic bulge, and adjacent regions of the disk. Nearly 150 new open clusters and cluster candidates have been discovered in this survey. Aims. This is the second in a series of papers about young, massive open clusters observed using the VVV survey. We present the first study of six recently discovered clusters. These clusters contain at least one newly discovered Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. Methods. Following the methodology presented in the first paper of the series, wide-field, deep JHK<SUB>s</SUB> VVV observations, combined with new infrared spectroscopy, are employed to constrain fundamental parameters for a subset of clusters. Results. We find that the six studied stellar groups are real young (2-7 Myr) and massive (between 0.8 and 2.2 × 10<SUP>3</SUP> M⊙) clusters. They are highly obscured (A<SUB>V</SUB> ∼ 5-24 mag) and compact (1-2 pc). In addition to WR stars, two of the six clusters also contain at least one red supergiant star, and one of these two clusters also contains a blue supergiant. We claim the discovery of 8 new WR stars, and 3 stars showing WR-like emission lines which could be classified WR or OIf. Preliminary analysis provides initial masses of ∼30-50 M⊙ for the WR stars. Finally, we discuss the spiral structure of the Galaxy using the six new clusters as tracers, together with the previously studied VVV clusters.
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