3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
The selection function of the Gaia DR3 open cluster census
Emily L. Hunt, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Friedrich Anders +4
Open clusters are among the most useful and widespread tracers of Galactic structure. The completeness of the Galactic open cluster census, however, remains poorly understood. For…
astro-ph.GA2025
GaiaUnlimited: The old stellar disc of the Milky Way as traced by the Red Clump
Shourya Khanna, Jie Yu, Ronald Drimmel +9
We present an exploration of the Milky Way's structural parameters using an all-sky sample of RC giants to map the stellar density from the Galactic disc beyond 3 kpc. These evolve…
astro-ph.GA2025
The completeness of the open cluster census towards the Galactic anticentre
Emily L. Hunt, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Friedrich Anders +9
Open clusters have long been used as tracers of Galactic structure. However, without a selection function to describe the completeness of the cluster census, it is difficult to qua…