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most citedA Blind All-sky Search for Star Clusters in Gaia EDR3: 886 Clusters within 1.2 kpc of the Sun

60 citations · 80 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Membership Determination of 45 Open Clusters Beyond 3 kpc

Qian Cui, Zhihong He, Yangping Luo +1

Context. Open clusters (OCs) are fundamental tracers for studying the structure and chemical evolution of the Galactic disc. Reliable identification of cluster members, particularl…

astro-ph.GA2026

Missing pairs in open cluster catalogs

Qingshun Hu, Yufei Cai, Caroline Soubiran +4

Open clusters (OCs) in our Galaxy can be found in pairs, possibly forming physical binaries, or in groups. These objects offer unique insights into the process of star formation an…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

Star formation in the circumgalactic high-velocity cloud Complex H

Zhihong He, Wenkang Pang, Kun Wang +2

The accretion of metal-poor gas sustains galactic star formation. In the Milky Way, this process is fueled by high-velocity clouds (HVCs), yet their fundamental properties have rem…

astro-ph.SR2025

Gaia DR3 Open Cluster Cepheids: A Unified Catalog with Calibrated Period-Age and Period-Wesenheit Relations

Shunhong Deng, Zhihong He, Anbing Ren +7

Classical Cepheids (CCs) in Galactic open clusters (OCs) provide essential observational constraints for calibrating the period-age relation (PAR) and the period-Wesenheit relation…

astro-ph.SR2025

Census of Blue Straggler Stars in Distant Open Clusters and Maximum Fractional Mass Excess of OC BSS

Qian Cui, Zhihong He, Shunhong Deng +4

We identified blue straggler stars (BSSs) in 53 open clusters utilizing data from Gaia DR3. Most of these clusters are situated in the outer regions of the Galactic disc, encompass…

astro-ph.GA2025

The disrupting and growing open cluster spiral arm patterns of the Milky Way

Xiaochen Liu, Zhihong He, Yangping Luo +1

Star clusters provide unique advantages for investigating Galactic spiral arms, particularly due to their precise ages, positions, and kinematic properties, which are further enhan…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 18 cited

Survey for Distant Stellar Aggregates in Galactic Disk: Detecting Two Thousand Star Clusters and Candidates, along with the Dwarf Galaxy IC10

Zhihong He, Yangping Luo, Kun Wang +5

Despite having data for over 10^9 stars from Gaia, only less than 10^4 star clusters and candidates have been discovered. Particularly, distant star clusters are rarely identified,…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 60 cited

A Blind All-sky Search for Star Clusters in Gaia EDR3: 886 Clusters within 1.2 kpc of the Sun

Zhihong He, Kun Wang, Yangping Luo +3

Although previous searches for star clusters have been very successful, many clusters are likely still omitted, especially at high Galactic latitude regions. In this work, based on…