Basel 17
(MWSC 1907)
0.84
UTI
0.45
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
4.1 [arcmin]
- CN 0.45 Poorly populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Basel 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 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.
Relatively close
Low 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 | 167.615 | -59.033 | 0.45 | -6.609 | 2.199 | -5.453 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 167.644 | -59.074 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 167.637 | -59.035 | 0.453 | -6.618 | 2.231 | -5.448 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 167.607 | -59.044 | 0.455 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 167.637 | -59.035 | 0.453 | -6.618 | 2.231 | -5.448 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 167.627 | -59.082 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 167.626 | -59.029 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 167.644 | -59.074 | 0.439 | -6.644 | 2.163 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 167.65 | -59.047 | 0.438 | -6.628 | 2.174 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 167.65 | -59.047 | 0.438 | -6.628 | 2.174 | â |
| Monteiro & Dias | 2019 | 167.65 | -59.047 | â | -6.54 | 2.2 | 2.13 |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 167.65 | -59.047 | â | â | â | -9.79 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 167.65 | -59.047 | 0.438 | -6.628 | 2.174 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 167.626 | -59.029 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 167.642 | -59.033 | â | -4.36 | -3.14 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 167.632 | -59.033 | â | -6.0 | -0.14 | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 167.619 | -59.023 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 167.62 | -59.03 | â | -5.48 | -0.18 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 167.642 | -59.033 | â | -4.36 | -3.14 | 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 | 1.94 | 0.84 | â | 53 | â | 129 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 284* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.38 | 0.84 | â | 30 | 0.580 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.09 | 0.77 | 0.53 | 77 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.12 | 0.78 | â | 82 | 0.016 | 798* | 0.58 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 94 | â | 31 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.94 | 0.84 | â | 53 | 0.035 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.30 | 0.45 | â | 105 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.14 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Monteiro & Dias | 2019 | 2.07 | 0.92 | â | 57 | 0.015 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.14 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.14 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.70 | 0.50 | â | 94 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.70 | 0.50 | â | 94 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.64 | 0.50 | â | 76 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.64 | 0.50 | â | 76 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.64 | 0.50 | â | â | 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.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.