Berkeley 65
(MWSC 221)
0.82
UTI
0.57
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.5
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
1.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.57 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.5 Intermediate quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Berkeley 65 is a moderately populated, very dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young cluster (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a very small percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.
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 | â | 39.766 | 60.403 | 0.449 | -0.72 | -0.399 | -60.43 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 39.764 | 60.411 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 39.766 | 60.4 | 0.449 | -0.714 | -0.427 | -60.428 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 39.771 | 60.422 | 0.45 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 39.766 | 60.4 | 0.449 | -0.714 | -0.427 | -60.428 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 39.737 | 60.398 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 39.769 | 60.403 | 0.476 | -0.692 | -0.368 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 39.768 | 60.403 | 0.444 | -0.7 | -0.337 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 39.764 | 60.411 | 0.441 | -0.706 | -0.303 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 39.768 | 60.403 | 0.444 | -0.7 | -0.337 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 39.768 | 60.403 | 0.444 | -0.7 | -0.337 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 39.768 | 60.403 | 0.444 | -0.7 | -0.337 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 39.75 | 60.418 | â | 0.436 | -3.244 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 39.737 | 60.398 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 39.75 | 60.417 | â | -1.47 | -2.65 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 39.75 | 60.4 | â | 0.12 | -2.57 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 39.75 | 60.4 | â | 0.12 | -2.57 | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 39.75 | 60.417 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 39.75 | 60.417 | â | -1.47 | -2.65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.21 | 2.90 | â | 10 | â | 340 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 543* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.41 | 2.88 | â | 12 | 0.200 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.07 | 2.78 | 1.48 | 17 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 16 | â | 137 | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 2.11* | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.11 | 3.47 | â | 10 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.21 | 2.90 | â | 10 | -0.159 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.28 | 2.49 | â | 98 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.11 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.11 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.17 | 3.37 | â | 14 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.50 | 3.41 | â | 16 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.50 | 3.41 | â | 16 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 2.50 | 3.41 | â | 16 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.27 | 3.47 | â | 10 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.27 | 3.48 | â | 10 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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