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Open Cluster Luminosity Function

Open Cluster Luminosity Function is a statistical construct that characterizes the distribution of absolute magnitudes among open star clusters in a given region of the sky, serving to quantify the number of clusters per unit luminosity interval as a function of brightness.

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A Universal Formation Mechanism for Open and Globular Clusters in Turbulent Gas

Bruce G. Elmegreen, Yuri N. Efremov · The Astrophysical Journal · 1997 · 582 citations

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CCD photometry of the old open cluster M67

Kent A. Montgomery, Laurence A. Marschall, K. A. Janes · The Astronomical Journal · 1993 · 296 citations · Full text

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Constraints on the age and evolution of the Galaxy from the white dwarf luminosity function

M. A. Wood · The Astrophysical Journal · 1992 · 273 citations

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Near-infrared images of IC 348 and the luminosity functions of young embedded star clusters

Elizabeth A. Lada, C. J. Lada · The Astronomical Journal · 1995 · 217 citations

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A deep imaging survey of the Pleiades with ROSAT

J. R. Stauffer, J. P. Caillault, Marc Gagné et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 1994 · 206 citations

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Authors

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  1. GC
    G. Carraro

    Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy

    6 publications · 115 citations

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  2. EB
    E. Bica

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    6 publications · 260 citations

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  3. RS
    R. Sagar

    Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, India

    5 publications · 159 citations

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  4. NC
    N. C. Hambly

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 139 citations

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  5. ES
    E. Schilbach

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    4 publications · 103 citations

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Institutions

132

  1. Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

    Padua, Italy

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    597 citations

  2. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    365 citations

  3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Brazil

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    550 citations

  4. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    660 citations

  5. Main Astronomical Observatory

    Kyiv, Ukraine

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    201 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    283 citations

  7. Institute of Astronomy

    Moscow, Russia

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    292 citations

  8. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    217 citations

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  1. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    20 publications · 882 citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 15 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. New Astronomy

    3 publications · 46 citations

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