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View SchemaDiscovery of a new open cluster as a companion to Czernik 38 cluster and its associated complex tide, using Gaia DR3
| Authors | Nasser M. Ahmed |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.09670vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09670 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Abstract
We utilize Gaia DR3 data to report the discovery of a new star cluster, Nasser 1, located 32 arcmin from Czernik 38 at coordinates $\alpha= 282.11 \pm 0.05$ and $\delta= 4.56 \pm 0.05$. Using a variable membership probability threshold technique with pyUPMASK, we confirm Nasser 1 as a genuine open cluster. It exhibits a distinct King profile and a well-defined CMD with an age of $125.0 \pm 12.30$ Myr, a distance modulus of $12.87 \pm 0.21$ mag, and a color excess of $2.42 \pm 0.09$. Nasser 1 shares consistent physical parameters (age, distance, kinematics, and reddening) with Czernik 38, suggesting they constitute a young primordial binary system in the Carina-Sagittarius spiral arm. Both clusters display elongations indicative of differential rotation tides; Nasser 1 is additionally perturbed by the spiral arm's gravitational field. Gaussian mass function analysis suggests the two were formerly a single cluster, violently torn apart by differential rotation.
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"title": "Discovery of a new open cluster as a companion to Czernik 38 cluster and its associated complex tide, using Gaia DR3",
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