Berkeley 96

(MWSC 3630; OCL 232; FSR 0359)

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0.88 UTI
0.63
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 1.3 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.63 Moderately populated
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

Berkeley 96 is a moderately populated, very dense object of 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 absorption parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~4.37 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~3.20 kpc).

Distant Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Very young

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

Cavallo et al. (2024): Gold sample.

Data

Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 337.476 55.41 0.229 -3.525 -3.039
Almeida et al. 2025 337.479 55.397
Hunt & Reffert 2024 337.473 55.412 0.227 -3.529 -3.019
Cavallo et al. 2024 337.489 55.433 0.226
Hunt & Reffert 2023 337.473 55.412 0.227 -3.529 -3.019
Just et al. 2023 337.464 55.401
Jaehnig et al. 2021 337.475 55.409 0.265 -3.562 -3.01
Rain et al. 2021 337.478 55.408 0.252 -3.503 -2.994
Dias et al. 2021 337.479 55.397 0.235 -3.487 -2.988
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 337.478 55.408 0.252 -3.503 -2.994
Dias et al. 2019 337.454 55.396 0.242 -3.511 -2.976 1.75
Bica et al. 2019 337.461 55.41
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 337.478 55.408 0.252 -3.503 -2.994
Loktin & Popova 2017 337.47 55.405 -0.613 -0.274
Kharchenko et al. 2016 337.464 55.401
Kharchenko et al. 2013 337.47 55.405 -4.49 -3.6
Kharchenko et al. 2012 337.47 55.405 -4.49 -3.6
Dias et al. 2002 337.454 55.396 -2.86 -1.31
Dambis 1999 337.454 55.396

💡 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 2.98 1.85 18 227
Hunt & Reffert 2024 741*
Cavallo et al. 2024 3.48 1.77 41 0.120
Hunt & Reffert 2023 4.31 1.90 1.61 20
Just et al. 2023 10 216
Jaehnig et al. 2021 3.69*
Rain et al. 2021 3.56 0.53 40 0
Dias et al. 2021 2.98 1.85 18 -0.094
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 3.58 1.43 37
Dias et al. 2019 3.20 1.61 19 -0.930
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 3.56
Loktin & Popova 2017 3.12 1.88 8
Kharchenko et al. 2016 3.20 2.11 10
Kharchenko et al. 2013 3.20 2.11 10
Kharchenko et al. 2012 3.20 2.11 10
Dias et al. 2002 3.18 1.67 40
Dambis 1999 3.16 1.97 6

💡 Note: The parameters are sometimes transformed from their original values to match the format of the columns shown here, see FAQ. The columns DAv, Bfr, BSS correspond to differential extinction, binary fraction, and blue stragglers, respectively. BSS values can be listed as fractions or integers.
(*): indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

Galactocentric position diagram

💡 Note: How are the galactocentric plots generated? See FAQ.