The Multiwavelength Picture of Star Formation in the Very Young Open Cluster NGC6383

TL;DR

This paper reviews the properties of the very young open cluster NGC6383, highlighting its stellar composition, distance, reddening, and pre-main sequence candidates identified through various observational criteria.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of NGC6383's stellar population and properties, integrating multiple observational methods to identify pre-main sequence stars.

Findings

Distance to NGC6383 is 1.3 ± 0.1 kpc.

Average reddening E(B-V) is 0.32 ± 0.02.

Multiple pre-main sequence candidates identified.

Abstract

We review the properties of the very young (2 Myr) open cluster NGC6383. The cluster is dominated by the massive binary HD159176 (O7V + O7V). The distance to NGC6383 is consistently found to be 1.3 +- 0.1 kpc and the average reddening is determined to be E(B-V) = 0.32 +- 0.02. Several pre-main sequence candidates have been identified using different criteria relying on the detection of emission lines, infrared excesses, photometric variability and X-ray emission.