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This paper revisits fundamental properties of the old open cluster NGC 188 based on more reliable cluster members in \(Gaia\)-EDR3. The DBSCAN clustering algorithm is used to identify cluster members in a normalized 5D parametric space. We obtain 1212 core members and 183 border members down to \(G\sim 21\) mag within 60 arcmin of the cluster center. These 5D cluster members enable us to estimate more precise fundamental parameters for the cluster. The distance of NGC 188 is determined to be 1847 ± 6 pc using a Monte-Carlo simulation method. The lower limit of the cluster radius is estimated to be \(R_{cl}\sim 34\) arcmin (18.2 pc). We find that NGC 188 has a core radius of \(R_{c}= 4.5 \pm 0.1\) arcmin (2.4 ± 0.1 pc) and a tidal radius of \(R_{t}= 56.3 \pm 8.8\) arcmin (30.2 ± 4.7 pc), respectively. The concentration parameter of the cluster is determined to be \(\log(R_{t}/R_{c}) \sim 1.1\), indicating that NGC 188 has formed a dense core and an extended halo due to dynamical evolution. We confirm that the halo of the cluster is slightly asymmetrical. We also investigate the Galactic orbit of the cluster based on the obtained distance and kinematics. We determine a low orbit eccentricity (\(e\sim 0.053\)) and a high maximum distance from the Galactic plane (\(Z_{\max}\sim 873\) pc). The orbit parameters indicate that NGC 188 is a typical thick-disk cluster located well outside the solar circle.
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This work was supported by the Foundation of Changzhou University (Grant No. GJY21020056). This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium).
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Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. This research has made use of the VizieR catalog access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France. This research has made use of the WEBDA database, operated at the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics of the Masaryk University.
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Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Xinhua Gao. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Xinhua Gao. Dan Fang prepared Figs. 7–8. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
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Gao, X., Fang, D. Updated fundamental parameters of the old open cluster NGC 188 based on \(Gaia\)-EDR3. Astrophys Space Sci 367, 87 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-022-04122-w
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