Berkeley 16
(NGC 1798; FSR 0705; MWSC 483; OCL 410; Dolidze 48)
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
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.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 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 | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 77.891 | 47.697 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 77.918 | 47.69 | â | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 77.908 | 47.689 | â | â | â | â |
| 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 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 77.908 | 47.689 | 0.204 | 0.792 | -0.37 | 1.626 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 77.899 | 47.695 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 77.915 | 47.692 | 0.21 | 0.906 | -0.295 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 77.914 | 47.691 | 0.178 | 0.913 | -0.318 | â |
| 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 | â |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | 77.91 | 47.695 | â | 0.83 | -0.31 | 2.7 |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 77.914 | 47.691 | 0.178 | 0.913 | -0.318 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 77.914 | 47.691 | â | â | â | 2.66 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 77.898 | 47.689 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 77.914 | 47.691 | 0.178 | 0.913 | -0.318 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 77.91 | 47.693 | â | -0.671 | -0.866 | -2.0 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 77.899 | 47.695 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 77.912 | 47.692 | â | 0.9 | -0.16 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 77.91 | 47.695 | â | -1.9 | -2.44 | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 77.913 | 47.692 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 77.91 | 47.695 | â | -1.9 | -2.44 | â |
| Froebrich et al. | 2007 | 77.929 | 47.695 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 77.912 | 47.692 | â | 0.9 | -0.16 | -2.0 |
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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 4.83 | 1.46 | 1.57 | 1604 | -0.250 | 1888 | â | 27.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 4.67 | 1.79 | â | 1210 | -0.266 | â | â | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.250(5) | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 4.83 | 1.64 | â | 1371 | â | 1888 | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.363(1) | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 3352(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.91 | 1.63 | â | 1549 | -0.310 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.16 | 1.47 | 1.57 | 923 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 1995 | â | 1567 | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 4.95(1) | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 4.83 | 1.46 | â | 1778 | â | â | â | 27 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 4.83 | 1.64 | â | 1371 | -0.100 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 5.13 | 1.12 | â | 1660 | â | â | â | â |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | â | â | â | â | -0.270 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.83 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 4.83 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.83 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 4.15 | 0.97 | â | 977 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 5.25 | 0.97 | â | 1995 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 5.25 | 0.97 | â | 1995 | -0.030 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 4.57 | â | â | 794 | -0.250 | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 5.25 | 0.97 | â | 1995 | -0.030 | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 3.47 | 1.46 | â | 1778 | -0.120 | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


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