DELGADO , Antonio J.

The capabilities of CCD uvby photometry for the study of reddened young clusters are investigated. Observations of four fields in the direction of the clusters Basel 1, Berkeley 86, NGC 6704, and NGC 6756, with a total of 1665 stars measured in at least the y and b bands, produce new estimates for the clusters parameters. The results are...

The spatial metallicity distribution in the Galaxy, as depicted by the globular cluster system, is analyzed. Two metallicity maps (on the ω - |Z| plane) corresponding to the halo and disk subsamples (Zinn 1985) have been obtained. The resulting pictures reveal the existence of a highly structured abundance pattern for the two subsystems....

he Gould Belt (GB) is a system of gas and young, bright stars distributed along a plane that is inclined with respect to the main plane of the Milky Way. Observational evidence suggests that the GB is our closest star formation complex, but its true nature and origin remain rather controversial. In this work we analyze the fractal structure of...