Berkeley 85

(MWSC 3311; Dolidze 41; OCL 160; OCL 163; FSR 0208; MWSC 3309)

1.0 UTI

1.0

C_N

1.0

C_dens

1.0

C_C3

1.0

C_lit

1.0

C_dup

C3 classification AA

Number of members (P>50%) 687

Radius (P>50% members) 3.3 [arcmin]

C_N 1.0 Very rich
C_dens 1.0 Very dense
C_C3 1.0 Very high quality
C_lit 1.0 Very well-studied
C_dup 1.0 Unique

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Overview

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Berkeley 85 is a very 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 massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Distant Moderate extinction Massive Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

🔍 Search references for Berkeley 85 in: SciX Simbad

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Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	304.697	37.744	0.243	-2.937	-4.678	-34.091
Almeida et al.	2025	304.694	37.75	–	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2024	304.699	37.731	0.249	-2.953	-4.673	-26.033
Cavallo et al.	2024	304.701	37.746	0.244	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2023	304.699	37.731	0.249	-2.953	-4.673	-26.033
Just et al.	2023	304.682	37.727	–	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2021	304.694	37.75	0.216	-2.947	-4.677	-33.478
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2020	304.692	37.744	0.22	-2.94	-4.677	–
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders	2020	304.692	37.744	0.22	-2.94	-4.677	–
Monteiro & Dias	2019	304.704	37.75	–	-2.934	-4.678	2.322
Soubiran et al.	2018	304.692	37.744	–	–	–	-33.72
Bica et al.	2019	304.712	37.737	–	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2018	304.692	37.744	0.22	-2.94	-4.677	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	304.725	37.758	–	-0.945	-0.945	-1.0
Kharchenko et al.	2016	304.682	37.727	–	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2014	304.729	37.759	–	-1.45	-1.52	–
Kharchenko et al.	2013	304.687	37.73	–	-3.52	-2.78	–
Dias et al.	2002	304.729	37.759	–	-1.45	-1.52	–

💡 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	3.00	3.07	–	242	–	3237	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2024	–	–	–	–	–	8390*	–	–
Cavallo et al.	2024	3.24	3.75	–	182	0.240	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2023	3.71	3.83	2.48	80	–	–	–	–
Just et al.	2023	–	–	–	1161	–	2234	–	–
Dias et al.	2021	3.00	3.07	–	242	0.424	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2020	3.53	2.77	–	417	–	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders	2020	4.02	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Monteiro & Dias	2019	3.36	3.32	–	335	0.013	–	–	–
Soubiran et al.	2018	4.02	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2018	4.02	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	3.07	2.58	–	759	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2016	1.76	2.39	–	1161	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2013	1.76	2.39	–	1161	–	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2002	1.76	2.39	–	1000	–	–	–	–

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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