Berkeley 19
(MWSC 527; OCL 450)
0.90
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
2.0 [arcmin]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Berkeley 19 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.
Very distant
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Old
Contains BSS
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 81.019 | 29.574 | 0.158 | 0.7 | -0.306 | 19.324 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 81.024 | 29.577 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 81.017 | 29.587 | â | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 81.013 | 29.572 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 81.013 | 29.572 | 0.132 | 0.658 | -0.33 | 16.031 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 81.024 | 29.577 | 0.132 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 81.013 | 29.572 | 0.132 | 0.658 | -0.33 | 16.031 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 80.993 | 29.567 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 81.006 | 29.577 | 0.158 | 0.729 | -0.302 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 81.014 | 29.575 | 0.135 | 0.757 | -0.329 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 81.017 | 29.587 | 0.11 | 0.758 | -0.31 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 81.014 | 29.575 | 0.135 | 0.757 | -0.329 | â |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | 81.003 | 29.567 | â | 0.64 | -0.23 | 17.8 |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 81.014 | 29.575 | 0.135 | 0.757 | -0.329 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 81.014 | 29.575 | â | â | â | 17.65 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 81.016 | 29.572 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 81.014 | 29.575 | 0.135 | 0.757 | -0.329 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 80.993 | 29.567 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 81.003 | 29.567 | â | 2.55 | -2.2 | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 81.025 | 29.6 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 81.003 | 29.567 | â | 2.55 | -2.2 | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 81.012 | 29.571 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 81.025 | 29.6 | â | â | â | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 81.022 | 29.6 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 81.025 | 29.6 | â | 3.36 | -4.55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.280* | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 5.84 | 1.47 | â | 2070 | â | 924 | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.366* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 823* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 4.70 | 1.00 | â | 4898 | -0.120 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 5.68 | 1.33 | 2.26 | 586 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 3162 | â | 399 | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 6.54* | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 6.11 | 0.99 | â | 2512 | â | â | â | 13 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 5.84 | 1.47 | â | 2070 | -0.308 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 6.58 | 0.85 | â | 2188 | â | â | â | â |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | â | â | â | â | -0.320 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 6.11 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 6.11 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 6.11 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 4.80 | 1.24 | â | 3162 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 4.80 | 1.24 | â | 3162 | -0.500 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 4.83 | â | â | 3090 | -0.500 | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 4.80 | 1.24 | â | 3162 | -0.500 | â | â | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 3.00 | 1.89 | â | 1778 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 4.83 | 1.24 | â | 3090 | â | â | â | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 4.83 | 1.24 | â | 3090 | -0.500* | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 7.87 | 0.99 | â | 2512 | -0.500 | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: invalid due to poor quality CMD. Isochrone match: worst fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.