The Mass and Structure of the Pleiades Star Cluster from 2MASS
@article{Adams2001TheMA, title={The Mass and Structure of the Pleiades Star Cluster from 2MASS}, author={J. D. Adams and John R. Stauffer and David G. Monet and Michael F. Skrutskie and Charles A. Beichman}, journal={The Astronomical Journal}, year={2001}, volume={121}, pages={2053 - 2064} }
We present the results of a large-scale search for new members of the Pleiades star cluster using 2MASS near-infrared photometry and proper motions derived from POSS plates digitized by the USNO PMM program. The search extends to a 10° radius around the cluster, well beyond the presumed tidal radius, to a limiting magnitude of R ∼ 20, corresponding to ∼0.07 M⊙ at the distance and age of the Pleiades. Multiobject spectroscopy for 528 candidates verifies that the search was extremely effective at…
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