Alessi 21

(MWSC 1137; FoF 2410; CMa00)

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0.98 UTI
0.89
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 15.5 [N/pc2]
  • CN 0.89 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Alessi 21 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: good fit.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 107.663 -9.4 1.741 -5.486 2.626 38.321
Li et al. 2025 107.69 -9.363 1.72 -5.475 2.602 –
Wei et al. 2025 107.693 -9.506 1.762 -5.523 2.669 –
Almeida et al. 2025 107.711 -9.396 – – – –
Alfonso et al. 2024 107.75 -9.622 1.699 -5.482 2.685 –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 107.592 -9.318 1.744 -5.501 2.653 37.491
Cavallo et al. 2024 107.723 -9.577 1.746 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 107.592 -9.318 1.744 -5.501 2.653 37.491
Almeida et al. 2023 107.723 -9.389 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 107.663 -9.298 – – – –
He et al. 2022 107.685 -9.369 1.758 -5.534 2.647 –
Tarricq et al. 2022 107.725 -9.387 1.76 -5.481 2.684 –
Santos-Silva et al. 2021 107.7 -9.36 1.73 -5.52 2.59 –
Dias et al. 2021 107.711 -9.396 1.718 -5.498 2.587 41.454
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 107.69 -9.363 1.72 -5.475 2.602 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 107.69 -9.363 1.72 -5.475 2.602 –
Liu & Pang 2019 107.671 -9.488 1.769 -5.498 2.644 –
Bossini et al. 2019 107.69 -9.363 – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 107.69 -9.363 – – – 41.85
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 107.69 -9.363 1.72 -5.475 2.602 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 107.7 -9.337 – 3.473 -1.3 38.8
Kharchenko et al. 2016 107.663 -9.298 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 107.696 -9.337 – 0.13 -1.09 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 107.67 -9.3 – -3.55 2.95 38.8
Gozha et al. 2012 107.696 -9.337 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 107.694 -9.341 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 107.7 -9.34 – 0.5 – 38.8
Piskunov et al. 2007 107.694 -9.341 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 107.7 -9.34 – -3.65 3.04 38.8
Dias et al. 2002 107.696 -9.337 – -4.0 2.8 38.8

💡 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 99999– 0.57 0.26 0.75 59 0.000 279 0.48 –
Li et al. 2025 0.63 0.26 – 59 0.249 – – –
Wei et al. 2025 0.61 0.26 – 59 0.250 493 0.43 –
Almeida et al. 2025 0.57 0.37 – 88 – 288 – –
Alfonso et al. 2024 0.59 0.29 – 60 -0.006 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 362(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 0.60 0.21 – 62 0.440 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 0.55 0.15 0.75 79 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 0.56 0.37 – 100 -0.048 386(1) 0.53 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 50 – 36 – –
He et al. 2022 – 0.40 – 45 – – – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 0.58 – – 69 – – – –
Santos-Silva et al. 2021 0.57(1) 0.34(1) – 85(1) 0.000(1) – – –
Dias et al. 2021 0.57 0.37 – 88 -0.006 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 0.59 0.29 – 66 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 0.57 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 50 0.250 – – –
Bossini et al. 2019 0.53 0.25 – 65 0.000 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 0.57 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 0.57 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 0.80 0.32 – 21 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 0.60 0.23 – 50 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 0.60 0.23 – 50 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 0.50 – – 30 – 257 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 0.50 0.22 – 30 – 270(1) – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 0.50 0.22 – 30 – 134 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 0.50 0.22 – 30 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 0.50 0.22 – 30 – – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

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