ASCC 12
(MWSC 427; FoF 2323)
0.90
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
10.2 [arcmin]
- CN 0.76 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
ASCC 12 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age 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.
Relatively close
Low extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 72.396 | 41.743 | 0.944 | -0.684 | -2.943 | -26.177 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 72.4 | 41.744 | 0.941 | -0.634 | -2.794 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 72.433 | 41.784 | â | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 72.421 | 41.714 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 72.421 | 41.714 | 0.955 | -0.676 | -2.916 | -26.145 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 72.499 | 41.708 | 0.952 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 72.421 | 41.714 | 0.955 | -0.676 | -2.916 | -26.145 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 72.46 | 41.803 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 72.471 | 41.719 | â | â | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | 72.431 | 41.718 | 0.955 | -0.684 | -2.948 | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 72.346 | 41.728 | 0.929 | -0.619 | -2.928 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 72.433 | 41.784 | 0.936 | -0.616 | -2.81 | -69.436 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 72.4 | 41.744 | 0.941 | -0.634 | -2.794 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 72.4 | 41.744 | 0.941 | -0.634 | -2.794 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 72.374 | 41.72 | 0.938 | -0.586 | -2.858 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 72.434 | 41.733 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 72.4 | 41.744 | 0.941 | -0.634 | -2.794 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 72.471 | 41.719 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 72.479 | 41.73 | â | -0.45 | -1.97 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 72.481 | 41.719 | â | -1.83 | -2.1 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 72.481 | 41.719 | â | -1.83 | -2.1 | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 72.472 | 41.731 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 72.48 | 41.73 | â | -0.62 | -1.86 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 72.479 | 41.73 | â | -1.83 | -2.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.00 | 0.88 | â | 379 | -0.156 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.01 | 1.09 | â | 227 | â | 334 | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.151* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 374* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.06 | 0.99 | â | 339 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 297 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.01 | 1.01 | â | 313 | -0.112 | 359* | 0.45 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 427 | â | 14 | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | â | 1.10 | â | 63 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.02 | â | â | 95 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.01 | 1.09 | â | 227 | -0.114 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.05 | 0.70 | â | 93 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.03 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 129 | 0.500 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.03 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.60 | 0.46 | â | 427 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.60 | 0.46 | â | 427 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 0.60 | 0.46 | â | 427 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.50 | 0.46 | â | 263 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.50 | 0.46 | â | 263 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.50 | 0.46 | â | 263 | 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: good fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.