THE PROBLEM OF STELLAR MEMBERSHIP IN OPEN CLUSTERS

Authors
URIBE A BRIEVA E
Citation
A. Uribe et E. Brieva, THE PROBLEM OF STELLAR MEMBERSHIP IN OPEN CLUSTERS, Astrophysics and space science, 214(1-2), 1994, pp. 171-183
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
214
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
171 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1994)214:1-2<171:TPOSMI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Open clusters become a powerful astrophysics laboratory once the essen tial problem of stellar membership has been solved. In this paper diff erent methods to compute membership probabilities using kinematical va riables, mainly proper motions, are presented.