Kinematical distances to open star clusters

Ram Sagar, Harish C. Bhatt
1988 Journal of astrophysics and astronomy  
Kinematical distances are estimated for six open star clusters. They agree fairly well with the photometric distances. The kinematical distances cannot, at present, be estimated better than the photometric distances. When more accurate proper motion measurements become available the kinematical distances will improve considerably and may then be used to calibrate the cosmic distance scale.
doi:10.1007/bf02715688 fatcat:kd56rvfw5jcbrlncg5wntcpidi