Berkeley 1
(MWSC 20)
0.89
UTI
0.68
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
1.5 [arcmin]
- CN 0.68 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Berkeley 1 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate 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.
Distant
Moderate 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 | β | 2.453 | 60.476 | 0.229 | -2.709 | -0.227 | -49.212 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.445 | 60.469 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 2.456 | 60.471 | 0.24 | -2.707 | -0.247 | -60.092 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.465 | 60.477 | 0.241 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.456 | 60.471 | 0.24 | -2.707 | -0.247 | -60.092 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.454 | 60.469 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 2.391 | 60.463 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.445 | 60.469 | 0.241 | -2.776 | -0.18 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.449 | 60.476 | 0.235 | -2.758 | -0.173 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 2.4 | 60.475 | β | -2.726 | -0.101 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.449 | 60.476 | 0.235 | -2.758 | -0.173 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.449 | 60.476 | β | β | β | -59.97 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.449 | 60.476 | 0.235 | -2.758 | -0.173 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.4 | 60.475 | β | -0.194 | -1.944 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.391 | 60.463 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 2.4 | 60.475 | β | -1.83 | -0.75 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.4 | 60.467 | β | -0.27 | -2.3 | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.4 | 60.475 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 2.4 | 60.467 | β | 0.05 | -2.13 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.4 | 60.475 | β | -1.83 | -0.75 | β |
π‘ 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 | 3.50 | 2.15 | β | 15 | β | 444 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 413* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.79 | 1.78 | β | 269 | -0.270 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.77 | 1.88 | 0.61 | 101 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 3.54 | 2.05 | β | 151 | -0.141 | 617* | 0.82 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 398 | β | 1702 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.50 | 2.15 | β | 15 | -0.090 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 3.78 | 1.52 | β | 302 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.78 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 3.78 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.78 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.23 | 1.05 | β | 631 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 10.30 | 2.80 | β | 398 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 10.30 | 2.80 | β | 398 | β | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.42 | β | β | 398 | -0.140 | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 10.30 | 2.80 | β | 398 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.42 | 2.42 | β | 398 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.