Berkeley 71
(FSR 0810; MWSC 634; OCL 449)
0.96
UTI
0.78
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
169
Core radius and density
1.7 [pc], 6.3 [pc-2]
- CN 0.78 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Berkeley 71 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 85.237 | 32.277 | 0.246 | 0.652 | -1.671 | -10.755 |
| Otto et al. | 2026 | 85.242 | 32.273 | β | 0.65 | -1.61 | -9.4 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 85.233 | 32.272 | 0.226 | 0.65 | -1.614 | β |
| Guerco et al. | 2025 | 85.2 | 32.3 | 0.26 | 0.65 | -1.67 | -9.44 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 85.234 | 32.283 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 85.223 | 32.279 | β | β | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 85.242 | 32.273 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 85.242 | 32.273 | 0.238 | 0.631 | -1.657 | -8.45 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 85.234 | 32.283 | 0.235 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 85.242 | 32.273 | 0.238 | 0.631 | -1.657 | -8.45 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 85.229 | 32.267 | β | β | β | β |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 85.233 | 32.272 | β | β | β | β |
| Netopil et al. | 2022 | 85.233 | 32.273 | β | β | β | -6.13 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 85.223 | 32.279 | 0.222 | 0.653 | -1.606 | β |
| Spina et al. | 2021 | 85.233 | 32.268 | 0.213 | 0.674 | -1.623 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 85.233 | 32.272 | 0.226 | 0.65 | -1.614 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 85.229 | 32.278 | β | 0.549 | -1.554 | β |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | 85.237 | 32.266 | β | 0.69 | -1.66 | -9.4 |
| Zhong et al. | 2020 | 85.233 | 32.272 | β | 0.65 | -1.614 | -14.364 |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 85.233 | 32.272 | 0.226 | 0.65 | -1.614 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 85.233 | 32.272 | β | β | β | -26.7 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 85.222 | 32.28 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 85.233 | 32.272 | 0.226 | 0.65 | -1.614 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | β | β | β | 1.22 | -2.98 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 85.23 | 32.278 | β | 0.533 | -1.867 | β |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 85.229 | 32.278 | β | 0.35 | -4.13 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 85.229 | 32.267 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 85.229 | 32.278 | β | -0.23 | -3.55 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 85.237 | 32.266 | β | 2.28 | -6.33 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 85.237 | 32.266 | β | 2.28 | -6.33 | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 85.242 | 32.26 | β | β | β | β |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 85.236 | 32.276 | β | β | β | β |
| Froebrich et al. | 2007 | 85.237 | 32.271 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 85.229 | 32.278 | β | -0.23 | -3.55 | β |
| Lynga | 1987 | 85.321 | 32.391 | β | β | β | β |
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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 3.52 | 2.74 | 2.25 | 871 | -0.230 | 992 | β | 0 |
| Otto et al. | 2026 | β | β | β | 871 | -0.250(15) | β | β | β |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 3.15 | 3.00 | β | 938 | -0.181 | β | β | β |
| Guerco et al. | 2025 | β | β | β | 870 | -0.250 | β | β | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.200(5) | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.31 | 3.10 | β | 566 | β | 627 | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | β | -0.231(1) | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 3.52 | 3.02 | 2.25 | 370 | β | 2358(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.48 | 3.48 | β | 525 | 0.100 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.52 | 3.02 | 2.25 | 370 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1047 | β | 200 | β | β |
| Spina et al. | 2022 | β | β | β | β | -0.230 | β | β | β |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 3.60 | 2.53 | β | 871 | β | 1098 | β | 0(1) |
| Netopil et al. | 2022 | 3.60(1) | β | β | 871 | -0.230(1) | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.31 | 3.10 | β | 566 | -0.188 | β | β | β |
| Spina et al. | 2021 | 4.13 | β | β | 871 | -0.203(20) | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 3.60 | 2.53 | β | 871 | β | β | β | β |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 3.78 | 2.61 | β | 871 | β | β | β | β |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | β | β | β | β | -0.230 | β | β | β |
| Zhong et al. | 2020 | 3.93(1) | 2.74 | β | 9020 | -0.276 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.93 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 3.93 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.93 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 5.42 | 3.20 | β | 550 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 3.26 | 2.74 | β | 1047 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 3.26 | 2.74 | β | 1047 | β | β | β | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2012 | β | β | β | β | β | 992 | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 3.26 | 2.74 | β | 1047 | β | β | β | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 2.47(1) | 2.71 | β | 891 | β | β | β | β |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 2.45 | 2.87 | β | 631 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 3.26 | 2.56 | β | 1000 | β | β | β | β |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.77 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.77 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.1379, e_all=0.0689.