Berkeley 34
(Biurakan 13; MWSC 1058; OCL 543)
0.70
UTI
0.8
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.48
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
31.5 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.8 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.48 Poorly studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Berkeley 34 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is poorly 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 | 105.097 | -0.236 | 0.169 | -1.347 | 0.183 | 83.132 |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 105.094 | -0.237 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 105.094 | -0.237 | 0.158 | -1.292 | 0.176 | 73.329 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 105.1 | -0.235 | 0.148 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 105.094 | -0.237 | 0.158 | -1.292 | 0.176 | 73.329 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 105.083 | -0.234 | â | â | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 105.097 | -0.239 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 105.097 | -0.239 | 0.097 | -1.336 | 0.175 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 105.097 | -0.239 | 0.097 | -1.336 | 0.175 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 105.093 | -0.235 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 105.097 | -0.239 | 0.097 | -1.336 | 0.175 | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 105.096 | -0.232 | -0.47 | 1.63 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 105.083 | -0.234 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 105.09 | -0.235 | â | -2.68 | -2.16 | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 105.092 | 0.237 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 105.096 | -0.232 | â | -2.68 | -2.16 | â |
| Lynga | 1987 | 105.093 | -0.258 | â | â | â | 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 7.28 | 1.48 | 2.4 | 2399 | -0.218 | 1012 | â | 2 |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.216(1) | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 463(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 4.81 | 1.80 | â | 550 | -0.220 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 5.12 | 1.38 | 2.40 | 193 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 2818 | â | 1012 | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 7.62 | 1.64 | â | 2399 | â | 5030 | â | 2(1) |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 7.62 | 1.64 | â | 2399 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 4.96 | 1.54 | â | 1820 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 7.92 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 7.92 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 7.28 | 1.42 | â | 2818 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 7.28 | 1.42 | â | 2818 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 7.69(1) | 1.48 | â | 2239 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 7.28 | 1.42 | â | 2818 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Bronze sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.15 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.15 (50th percentile).