Application of an objective method for the identification of Young Star Groupings in spiral galaxies

Abstract

We present some results of the application of our automatic technique for the identification of Young Star Groupings (YSGs) in spiral galaxies. In this report we discuss our new results for NGC 3377a and NGC 3507 together with previously published data of NGC 7217, NGC 1058 and UGC 12732. The aim of this ongoing research is to obtain a wide sample of homogeneous data for the study of the YSGs and their relationships with the properties of their parent galaxies, using only objective identifications.

3 pages, 2 eps figures, presented at the Workshop "Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Populations", in press in ASP Conf. Ser., E.K.Grebel and W. Brandner eds