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SpS5 - I. Obscured and distant clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

M. M. Hanson ,
D. Froebrich ,
F. Martins ,
A.-N. Chené ,
C. Rosslowe ,
A. Herrero  and
H.-J. Kim
M. M. Hanson
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati, USA email: hansonmm@uc.edu
D. Froebrich
Affiliation:
University of Kent, U.K.
F. Martins
Affiliation:
LUPM, CNRS & Université Montpellier II, France
A.-N. Chené
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepcion/Valparaiso, Chile
C. Rosslowe
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, U.K.
A. Herrero
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias and Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
H.-J. Kim
Affiliation:
Seoul National University, Korea
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Abstract

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This first part of Special Session 5 explored the current status of infrared-based observations of obscured and distant stellar clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Recent infrared surveys, either serendipitously or using targeted searches, have uncovered a rich population of young and massive clusters. However, cluster characterization is more challenging as it must be obtained often entirely in the infrared due to high line-of-sight extinction. Despite this, much is to be gained through the identification and careful analysis of these clusters, as they allow for the early evolution of massive stars to be better constrained. Further, they act as beacons delineating the Milky Way's structure and as nearby, resolved analogues to the distant unresolved massive clusters studied in distant galaxies.

Keywords

infrared: starsstars: early-typegalaxies: clusters: generalstars: luminosity functionmass functionstars: fundamental parameters
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 410 - 419
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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