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A Proper Motion Study of the Pleiades Cluster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Floor van Leeuwen*
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1RP, United Kingdom

Abstract

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The first results of an extensive proper motion study of the Pleiades cluster are presented. A total of 166 exposures covering a 3 by 3 degrees area are now incorporated. The accuracies of the centennial proper motions range from in the central region to in the outermost region.

Type
Open Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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