Indian Astronomers Develop New Method to Identify Cluster Stars

A team of Indian astronomers from Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) - an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India - has developed a new method based on Machine Learning that can identify cluster stars with a high degree of certainty.

  • Cluster stars refer to an assembly of stars physically related through common origin. The method can be used on clusters of all ages, distances and densities.
  • The team used European Space Agency’s recently released Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) which gives accurate information about the brightness, parallax and proper motion of more than ....
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