PHYSICS at SWGC
FORBES, Douglas Associate
professor
Keywords
• Astronomy; stellar astrophysics; star formation; young
open clusters; OB associations; massive stars
Current research
• Observational studies of the initial mass function in open
clusters
• Star formation and the interstellar medium in OB associations
Past research
• Galactic structure
• Massive stars in binary star systems
• Long-period cephicids in OB associations
Potential research
• Comprehensive surveys of distant OB associations
Special equipment or facilities
• Sun sparcstaion/IRAF image processing computer
• Complete set of Palomar observatory sky survey and European
southern observatory sky survey
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