Berkeley 94
(MWSC 3618; OCL 231)
0.91
UTI
0.57
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
11.6 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.57 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Berkeley 94 is a moderately populated, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young 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.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~4.49 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~3.44 kpc).
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 335.713 | 55.867 | 0.223 | -3.731 | -2.878 | -74.653 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 335.709 | 55.849 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 335.718 | 55.87 | 0.228 | -3.728 | -2.897 | -13.002 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 335.711 | 55.862 | β | β | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 335.754 | 55.855 | 0.227 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 335.718 | 55.87 | 0.228 | -3.728 | -2.897 | -13.002 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 335.71 | 55.85 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 335.731 | 55.866 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 335.709 | 55.849 | 0.226 | -3.705 | -2.855 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 335.711 | 55.862 | 0.217 | -3.713 | -2.861 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 335.675 | 55.85 | β | -3.492 | -3.016 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 335.711 | 55.862 | 0.217 | -3.713 | -2.861 | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 335.724 | 55.873 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 335.711 | 55.862 | 0.217 | -3.713 | -2.861 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 335.73 | 55.87 | β | -0.911 | -1.343 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 335.731 | 55.866 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 335.675 | 55.85 | β | -1.6 | -1.14 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 335.737 | 55.87 | β | -0.42 | -2.22 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 335.737 | 55.87 | β | -0.42 | -2.22 | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 335.725 | 55.873 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 335.675 | 55.85 | β | -1.6 | -1.14 | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 335.725 | 55.873 | 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 | 3.44 | 1.86 | 0.47 | 13 | -0.100 | 440 | 0.59 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.44 | 1.95 | β | 10 | β | 423 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 817(1) | β | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | 16 | β | 440 | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.63 | 1.81 | β | 13 | 0.280 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.42 | 1.84 | 0.47 | 12 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 3.74 | 1.98 | β | 13 | -0.117 | 572(1) | 0.59 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 28 | β | 100 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.44 | 1.95 | β | 10 | -0.100 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.09 | 1.62 | β | 15 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.07 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.07 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.61 | 1.85 | β | 11 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.60 | 1.86 | β | 28 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.60 | 1.86 | β | 28 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 2.60 | 1.86 | β | 28 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.63 | 1.89 | β | 10 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.63 | 1.88 | β | 10 | β | β | β | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 3.47 | 2.17 | β | 16 | 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.