Fundamental parameters for 45 open clusters with Gaia DR2, an improved extinction correction and a metallicity gradient prior

Abstract

Reliable fundamental parameters of open clusters such as distance, age and extinction are key to our understanding of Galactic structure and stellar evolution. In this work we use {\it Gaia} DR2 to investigate 45 open clusters listed in the \emph{New catalogue of optically visible open clusters and candidates} (DAML) but with no previous astrometric membership estimation based on {\it Gaia} DR2. In the process of selecting targets for this study we found that some clusters reported as new discoveries in recent papers based on {\it Gaia} DR2 were already known clusters listed in DAML. Cluster memberships were determined using a maximum likelihood method applied to {\it Gaia} DR2 astrometry. This has allowed us to estimate mean proper motions and mean parallaxes for all investigated clusters. Mean radial velocities were also determined for 12 clusters, 7 of which had no previous published values. We have improved our isochrone fitting code to account for interstellar extinction using an updated extinction polynomial for the {\it Gaia} DR2 photometric band-passes and the Galactic abundance gradient as a prior for metallicity. The updated procedure was validated with a sample of clusters with high quality $[Fe/H]$ determinations. We then did a critical review of the literature and verified that our cluster parameter determinations represent a substantial improvement over previous values.

arXiv comment19 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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