An Astrometric, Photometric, and Spectroscopic Census of Moving Groups and Open Clusters (B05)

• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2011 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 138713538

During the third funding period of the SFB 881 we will exploit the Gaia data releases and ground-based spectroscopic surveys to characterize stellar membership of known and newly discovered moving groups and open clusters. We will derive cluster parameters, such as ages and distances, and analyze their stellar content and chemical composition in order to revisit chemical gradients in the Milky Way disk. Our study will set the picture of moving group and open cluster formation, evolution, and dissolution as basic building blocks of the Galactic disk.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 881: The Milky Way System
• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Project Heads: Dr. Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones, until 12/2014; Professorin Dr. Eva K. Grebel, until 8/2012; Professor Dr. Thomas Henning, from 1/2018 until 12/2018; Professor Dr. Ralf Klessen, Ph.D., until 12/2014; Dr. Anna Pasquali, since 1/2015; Dr. Geneviève Permentier, until 12/2014; Privatdozentin Dr. Sabine Reffert, since 1/2015