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OPEN CLUSTERS AS GALACTIC DISK TRACERS. I. PROJECT MOTIVATION, CLUSTER MEMBERSHIP, AND BULK THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS

OPEN CLUSTERS AS GALACTIC DISK TRACERS. I. PROJECT MOTIVATION, CLUSTER MEMBERSHIP, AND BULK THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS

We have begun a survey of the chemical and dynamical properties of the Milky Way disk as traced by open star clusters. In this first contribution, the general goals of our survey are outlined and the strengths and limitations of using star clusters as a Galactic disk tracer sample are …