Alessi 17
(MWSC 1271)
0.73
UTI
0.35
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.78
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
13.1 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.35 Poorly populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.78 Well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Alessi 17 is a poorly populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and metallicity parameters (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 113.853 | -15.097 | 0.231 | -1.492 | 1.552 | 66.026 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 113.853 | -15.098 | 0.264 | -1.526 | 1.557 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 113.853 | -15.092 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 113.852 | -15.098 | 0.215 | -1.456 | 1.574 | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 113.835 | -15.094 | 0.216 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 113.852 | -15.098 | 0.215 | -1.456 | 1.574 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 113.844 | -15.089 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 113.853 | -15.092 | 0.262 | -1.554 | 1.558 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 113.853 | -15.098 | 0.264 | -1.526 | 1.557 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 113.853 | -15.098 | 0.264 | -1.526 | 1.557 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 113.853 | -15.098 | â | â | â | 70.21 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 113.845 | -15.093 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 113.853 | -15.098 | 0.264 | -1.526 | 1.557 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 113.844 | -15.089 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 113.85 | -15.092 | â | -3.36 | -0.75 | â |
đĄ Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.
| Reference | Year | Dist [kpc] | Av [mag] | DAv [mag] | Age [Myr] | [Fe/H] [dex] | Mass [Msun] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 3.72 | 1.26 | 0.87 | 261 | -0.138 | 327 | â | â |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 4.42 | 1.26 | â | 309 | -0.044 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.72 | 0.81 | â | 897 | â | 147 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 327(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.50 | 1.35 | â | 282 | -0.480 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.27 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 240 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 166 | â | 445 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.72 | 0.81 | â | 897 | -0.138 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.42 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 3.42 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.42 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 4.70 | 1.35 | â | 166 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 4.70 | 1.35 | â | 166 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: invalid due to poor quality CMD. Isochrone match: worst fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Dias et al. (2002)
Asterism (Kronberger, M. 2005, private communication)