Bica 5

(MWSC 1964)

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0.37 UTI
0.58
CN
0.15
Cdens
0.38
CC3
0.38
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 7.3 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.58 Moderately populated
  • Cdens 0.15 Very loose
  • CC3 0.38 Low quality
  • Clit 0.38 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Bica 5 is a moderately populated, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~4.48 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.71 kpc).

Relatively close Low extinction Intermediate age

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 175.462 -62.455 0.223 -6.952 0.984 4.463
Just et al. 2023 175.387 -62.421 – – – –
Angelo et al. 2019 175.396 -62.418 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 175.387 -62.421 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 175.392 -62.418 – -4.61 -5.45 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 175.395 -62.425 – -2.87 -2.15 –
Dias et al. 2002 175.392 -62.418 – -4.61 -5.45 –

💡 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
Just et al. 2023 – – – 759 – 125 – –
Angelo et al. 2019 1.91 – – 500 – 25 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.69 0.64 – 759 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.69 0.64 – 759 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.74 0.00 – 603 – – – –

Visualization

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