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The luminosity function of the cluster Palomar 1—testing a new technique

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In this article, the luminosity function of the globular cluster Palomar 1 was determined together with its confidence interval by applying an adaptive kernel estimator to data from the Isaac Newton Telescope.
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The luminosity function of the globular cluster Palomar 1 is determined together with its confidence interval by applying an adaptive kernel estimator to data from the Isaac Newton Telescope. The luminosity function of Palomar 1 has two minima in the V band and one in the I band. The cluster core contains a relatively high fraction of bright stars, indicative of mass segregation.

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Ruprecht 147: A Paradigm of Dissolving Star Cluster

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Open-cluster density profiles derived using a kernel estimator

TL;DR: In this article, surface and spatial radial density profiles of open clusters were derived using a kernel estimator method, and the selection of an optimal kernel half-width was discussed for the contribution of every star into the spatial density profile.
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Luminosity and mass function of galactic open clusters I. NGC 4815

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Ruprecht 147: a paradigm of dissolving star cluster

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed recent Gaia/DR2 data to investigate the dynamical status of the nearby (300 pc), old (2.5 Gyr) open cluster Ruprecht~147.
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Unresolved Binaries and Galactic Clusters’ Mass Estimates

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Density estimation for statistics and data analysis

TL;DR: The Kernel Method for Multivariate Data: Three Important Methods and Density Estimation in Action.
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Palomar 1: Another Young Galactic Halo Globular Cluster?

TL;DR: A color-magnitude diagram (CMD) and a luminosity function down to Vlim = 23.25 have been constructed in this article, indicating that Pal 1 is located 3.7? 0.4 kpc above the Galactic disc and 17.6 kpc from the Galactic center.
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