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Young Massive Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

Donald F. Figer
Donald F. Figer*
Affiliation:
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging ScienceRochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY 14623-5604 email: figer@cis.rit.edu
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Over the past ten years, there has been a revolution in our understanding of massive young stellar clusters in the Galaxy. Initially, there were no known examples having masses >104, yet we now know that there are at least a half dozen such clusters in the Galaxy. In all but one case, the masses have been determined through infrared observations. Several had been identified as clusters long ago, but their massive natures were only recently determined. Presumably, we are just scratching the surface, and we might look forward to having statistically significant samples of coeval massive stars at all important stages of stellar evolution in the near future. I review the efforts that have led to this dramatic turn of events and the growing sample of young massive clusters in the Galaxy.

Keywords

open clusters and associations: general – stars: early-type
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S250: Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines , December 2007 , pp. 247 - 256
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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