Berkeley 59
(MWSC 5)
0.95
UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
5.4 [arcmin]
- 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 59 is a very rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, above the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
High extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Very young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 0.575 | 67.447 | 0.95 | -1.634 | -1.845 | -14.086 |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 0.57 | 67.429 | 0.96 | -1.61 | -1.699 | -3.264 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 0.57 | 67.441 | β | β | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.608 | 67.648 | 0.959 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.57 | 67.429 | 0.96 | -1.61 | -1.699 | -3.264 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 0.551 | 67.421 | β | β | β | β |
| He et al. | 2022 | 0.522 | 67.581 | 0.96 | -1.623 | -1.635 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 8.654 | 67.464 | 0.893 | -1.597 | -1.841 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.57 | 67.441 | 0.916 | -1.616 | -1.764 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 0.558 | 67.417 | β | -1.608 | -2.04 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.57 | 67.441 | 0.916 | -1.616 | -1.764 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 0.57 | 67.441 | 0.916 | -1.616 | -1.764 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 0.555 | 67.417 | β | -0.752 | -0.589 | -12.5 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.551 | 67.421 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 0.558 | 67.417 | β | -2.61 | 0.36 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.559 | 67.425 | β | -3.2 | -1.11 | -12.5 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 0.558 | 67.417 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 0.559 | 67.425 | β | -3.2 | -1.11 | -12.5 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.554 | 67.42 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 0.55 | 67.42 | β | 0.17 | β | -12.5 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.55 | 67.42 | β | -4.4 | 0.73 | -6.5 |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.558 | 67.417 | β | -2.11 | -1.2 | -5.17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 4317* | β | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | 1 | β | 1324 | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.16 | 3.85 | β | 5 | 0.010 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.02 | 3.81 | 3.01 | 5 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1 | β | 81 | β | β |
| He et al. | 2022 | β | 4.95 | β | 4 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.03 | 3.82 | β | 6 | 0.001 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.06 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.06 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.52 | 2.95 | β | 10 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.00 | 3.85 | β | 1 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.00 | 3.85 | β | 1 | β | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.00 | β | β | 6 | β | 166 | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 1.00 | 3.85 | β | 1 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.00 | 3.78 | β | 6 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.00 | 3.78 | β | 6 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.00 | 3.85 | β | 1 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Bronze sample.