Berkeley 68

(OCL 413; FSR 0713; MWSC 412; FoF 186)

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C3
N_50
r_50
AB 515 6.2
Summary

Berkeley 68 is a very rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. It is located at a moderate distance from the Sun, below the mid-plane. It is very well-studied in the literature.

This object shares a small percentage of members with a later reported entry.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Dias et al. (2002) 71.125 42.067 -0.63 0.05
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 71.115 42.1 -5.86 0.3
Loktin & Popova (2017) 71.115 42.1 -5.231 -0.734
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) 71.053 42.134 0.281 2.31 -1.312
Bica et al. (2019) 71.058 42.136
Soubiran et al. (2018) 71.053 42.134 -20.31
Liu & Pang (2019) 71.076 42.139 0.281 2.321 -1.322
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) 71.053 42.134 0.281 2.31 -1.312
Dias et al. (2021) 71.065 42.114 0.28 2.357 -1.29 -21.539
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 71.049 42.161 0.295 2.243 -1.387 -19.204
Cavallo et al. (2024) 71.054 42.131 0.296
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 71.049 42.161 0.295 2.243 -1.387 -19.204
Almeida et al. (2025) 71.065 42.114
Hu & Soubiran (2025) 71.054 42.131
           
UCC 71.046 42.138 0.293 2.244 -1.382 -18.39
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=0.671, Dist=1678.0, Age=8.391
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.67, distance=1800, log_age=9.11
Loktin & Popova (2017) E(B-V)=0.664, Dist=1718, logt=8.4
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) dmode=3222.8
Soubiran et al. (2018) dmode=3222.8
Liu & Pang (2019) Age=1.45, Z=0.5
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) AVNN=1.38, DistPc=3383.0, AgeNN=9.32
Dias et al. (2021) Av=2.083, Dist=3027, logage=9.282, [Fe/H]=-0.286
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=1.767, diffAV50=1.319, MOD50=12.475, logAge50=9.142
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=1.89, dMod50=12.36, logAge50=9.27, [Fe/H]50=-0.06
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=3139.17, MassTot=3175.31
Almeida et al. (2025) AV=2.083, Dist=3027, logAge=9.282, MassRk=2082.0
Hu & Soubiran (2025) MA22=-0.09, MA23f=-0.37, MA23g=-0.24, MZ23=-0.23, MK24=-0.27, MF24=-0.24

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Cluster region map

Objects with shared members

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
OC 0277 12.2 71.08 42.11 0.3 2.24 -1.39 -18.35 0.0