Berkeley 16

(NGC 1798; FSR 0705; MWSC 483; OCL 410; Dolidze 48)

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0.95 UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 35.2 [N/pc2]
  • CN 1.0 Very rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Berkeley 16 is a very rich, 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 massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 77.913 47.691 0.203 0.81 -0.366 2.458
Li et al. 2025 77.914 47.691 0.178 0.913 -0.318 –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 77.891 47.697 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 77.918 47.69 – – – –
Zhang et al. 2024 77.908 47.689 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 77.908 47.689 0.204 0.792 -0.37 1.626
Cavallo et al. 2024 77.891 47.696 0.206 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 77.908 47.689 0.204 0.792 -0.37 1.626
Just et al. 2023 77.899 47.695 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 77.915 47.692 0.21 0.906 -0.295 –
Rain et al. 2021 77.914 47.691 0.178 0.913 -0.318 –
Dias et al. 2021 77.918 47.69 0.174 0.915 -0.297 2.413
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 77.914 47.691 0.178 0.913 -0.318 –
Donor et al. 2020 77.91 47.695 – 0.83 -0.31 2.7
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 77.914 47.691 0.178 0.913 -0.318 –
Soubiran et al. 2018 77.914 47.691 – – – 2.66
Bica et al. 2019 77.898 47.689 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 77.914 47.691 0.178 0.913 -0.318 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 77.91 47.693 – -0.671 -0.866 -2.0
Kharchenko et al. 2016 77.899 47.695 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 77.912 47.692 – 0.9 -0.16 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 77.91 47.695 – -1.9 -2.44 –
Gozha et al. 2012 77.913 47.692 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 77.91 47.695 – -1.9 -2.44 –
Froebrich et al. 2007 77.929 47.695 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 77.912 47.692 – 0.9 -0.16 -2.0

💡 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] Bfrac BSS
UCC 99999– 4.83 1.46 1.57 1604 -0.250 1888 – 27.0
Li et al. 2025 4.67 1.79 – 1210 -0.266 – – –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 – – – – -0.250(5) – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 4.83 1.64 – 1371 – 1888 – –
Zhang et al. 2024 – – – – -0.363(1) – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 3352(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 3.91 1.63 – 1549 -0.310 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 4.16 1.47 1.57 923 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 1995 – 1567 – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 4.95(1) – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 4.83 1.46 – 1778 – – – 27
Dias et al. 2021 4.83 1.64 – 1371 -0.100 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 5.13 1.12 – 1660 – – – –
Donor et al. 2020 – – – – -0.270 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 4.83 – – – – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 4.83 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 4.83 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 4.15 0.97 – 977 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 5.25 0.97 – 1995 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 5.25 0.97 – 1995 -0.030 – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 4.57 – – 794 -0.250 – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 5.25 0.97 – 1995 -0.030 – – –
Dias et al. 2002 3.47 1.46 – 1778 -0.120 – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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