Star clusters are essential to understanding stellar formation and age. Our group studies the kinematics and dynamical formation of star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy. We investigate the mass formation of the young, massive clusters (YMCs) in the Galactic Center as well as active star-forming clusters.
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The Quintuplet Cluster is an open cluster located near the Galactic Center. It is a young (~4 Myr), massive cluster. One of the primary challenges of investigating the cluster is the dust surrounding the clusterthat it is surrounded by dust. This means that high-magnitude (faint) stars are difficult to resolve. Stars at ~5 M⊙ reach a completeness limit of 0.5.
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This cluster is a star-forming massive cluster in the Milky Way |
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