Alessi 20
(MWSC 23; FoF 2409; OCSN 141)
0.97
UTI
0.83
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
23.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.83 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Alessi 20 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Very close
Low extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Very young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 2.541 | 58.71 | 2.329 | 8.135 | -2.429 | -10.208 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.593 | 58.742 | 2.311 | 8.195 | -2.341 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.591 | 58.741 | â | â | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 2.541 | 58.706 | 2.294 | 8.114 | -2.456 | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 2.643 | 58.757 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 2.643 | 58.757 | 2.343 | 8.117 | -2.427 | -9.305 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 2.593 | 58.742 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.261 | 58.664 | 2.336 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.643 | 58.757 | 2.343 | 8.117 | -2.427 | -9.305 |
| Qin et al. | 2023 | 2.64 | 58.77 | 2.33 | 8.12 | -2.42 | -10.04 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 2.658 | 58.745 | â | â | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | 1.905 | 58.624 | 2.333 | 8.019 | -2.471 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.591 | 58.741 | 2.315 | 8.168 | -2.365 | -4.979 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.593 | 58.742 | 2.311 | 8.195 | -2.341 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.593 | 58.742 | 2.311 | 8.195 | -2.341 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 2.401 | 58.664 | 2.308 | 8.152 | -2.404 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2019 | 2.592 | 58.742 | 2.311 | 8.195 | -2.341 | -4.314 |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.593 | 58.742 | â | â | â | -5.04 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.593 | 58.742 | 2.311 | 8.195 | -2.341 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.64 | 58.76 | â | 8.73 | -3.11 | -11.5 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.658 | 58.745 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 2.642 | 58.76 | â | -0.39 | -1.34 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.667 | 58.748 | â | 6.34 | -2.51 | -11.5 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.642 | 58.76 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 2.667 | 58.748 | â | 6.18 | -2.37 | -11.5 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 2.637 | 58.761 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 2.34 | 58.67 | â | 0.3 | â | -11.5 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 2.637 | 58.761 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 2.64 | 58.76 | â | 7.48 | -2.61 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.642 | 58.76 | â | 8.73 | -3.11 | -11.5 |
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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 0.39 | 0.99 | â | 11 | -0.152 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 0.42 | 1.00 | â | 10 | â | 150 | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 0.41 | 0.60 | â | 16 | -0.103 | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.059* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 192* | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 9 | â | 130 | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.43 | 1.47 | â | 5 | -0.160 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 1.51 | 7 | â | â | â | â |
| Qin et al. | 2023 | 0.65 | 0.99 | â | 9 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 38 | â | 17 | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | â | 1.05 | â | 11 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 0.42 | 1.00 | â | 10 | -0.104 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.41 | 0.60 | â | 9 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.43 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 9 | -0.500 | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2019 | 0.44 | 0.81 | â | 9 | -0.419 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 0.43 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 0.43 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 0.57 | 0.68 | â | 3 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.47 | 1.18 | â | 38 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.47 | 1.18 | â | 38 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 0.45 | â | â | 3 | â | 23 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 0.47 | 1.18 | â | 39 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.45 | 0.68 | â | 166 | â | 55* | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 0.45 | 0.68 | â | 166 | â | 14 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.45 | 0.68 | â | 166 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.60 | 0.68 | â | 3 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.