Star Clusters

A better way to classify star clusters with their masses and radii
Mar 11, 2024

A better way to classify star clusters with their masses and radii

I made a new way to tell between bound and unbound star clusters, as well as measuring more cluster masses than ever before!

A catalogue of star clusters with Gaia DR3
Mar 21, 2023

A catalogue of star clusters with Gaia DR3

I created a catalogue of star clusters in the Milky Way using multiple machine learning methods to analyse 729 million sources from Gaia DR3. Here's how!

Which clustering algorithm is the best at retrieving open clusters in Gaia data?
Feb 16, 2021

Which clustering algorithm is the best at retrieving open clusters in Gaia data?

Over a dozen papers have reported new discoveries of open clusters in Gaia data at the time of writing, in less than three years since the release of Gaia DR2. At the core of all papers in this field are clustering algorithms. But which is best at recovering them in Gaia data?