Alessi 59
(MWSC 1004; DSH J0652.3+0211)
0.76
UTI
0.39
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.82
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
1.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.39 Poorly populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.82 Well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Alessi 59 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, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age parameter (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Distant
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 103.072 | 2.194 | 0.237 | -0.525 | 0.166 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 103.071 | 2.197 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 103.075 | 2.197 | 0.218 | -0.547 | 0.005 | 68.644 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 103.078 | 2.191 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 103.081 | 2.192 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 103.071 | 2.197 | 0.199 | -0.604 | 0.22 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 103.078 | 2.196 | 0.227 | -0.54 | 0.283 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 103.078 | 2.196 | 0.227 | -0.54 | 0.283 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 103.075 | 2.191 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 103.078 | 2.196 | 0.227 | -0.54 | 0.283 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 103.08 | 2.191 | â | 0.08 | -0.986 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 103.081 | 2.192 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 103.079 | 2.191 | â | -2.17 | 0.48 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 103.087 | 2.19 | â | 0.85 | -2.37 | â |
| Kronberger et al. | 2006 | 103.078 | 2.191 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 103.079 | 2.191 | â | 0.85 | -2.37 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 4.39 | 1.62 | â | 569 | â | 155 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 174* | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 10 | â | 201 | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 10 | â | 548 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 4.39 | 1.62 | â | 569 | -0.094 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.90 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.90 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 4.24 | 1.31 | â | 174 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 3.51 | 2.39 | â | 10 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 3.51 | 2.39 | â | 10 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 3.50 | 1.83 | â | 40 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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