BDSB 68

(MWSC 499)

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0.15 UTI
0.27
CN
0.2
Cdens
0.25
CC3
0.25
Clit
0.63
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 4.5 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.27 Poorly populated
  • Cdens 0.2 Very loose
  • CC3 0.25 Low quality
  • Clit 0.25 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 0.63 Likely unique

Overview

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BDSB 68 is a poorly populated, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as an intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.

Note: This is likely a unique object, which shares a moderate percentage of members with at least one previously reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Distant Moderate extinction Intermediate age

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 79.556 37.562 0.254 0.182 -0.416 -0.136
Just et al. 2023 79.547 37.558 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 79.547 37.558 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 79.557 37.557 – -3.91 -5.69 -8.0
Kharchenko et al. 2012 79.557 37.557 – -3.65 -6.3 –

💡 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
Just et al. 2023 – – – 316 – 184 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 3.50 2.81 – 316 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 3.50 2.81 – 316 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 3.50 2.79 – 631 – – – –
Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
CWNU 4000 66.7 79.53 37.49 0.2 0.2 -0.37 -9.66 0.04
Kronberger 18 37.0 79.6 37.61 0.3 0.07 -0.24 11.4 0.38

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that BDSB 68 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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