Bochum 4
(MWSC 1254)
0.90
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
5.7 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.76 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Bochum 4 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a 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.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 112.914 | -17.202 | 0.763 | -3.024 | 1.891 | 34.549 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 112.877 | -17.229 | 0.761 | -3.014 | 1.848 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 112.882 | -17.216 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 112.897 | -17.199 | 0.765 | -3.002 | 1.899 | 34.858 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 112.904 | -17.163 | 0.763 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 112.897 | -17.199 | 0.765 | -3.002 | 1.899 | 34.858 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 112.883 | -17.212 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 112.899 | -17.188 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 112.886 | -17.24 | 0.766 | -3.016 | 1.889 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 112.882 | -17.216 | 0.764 | -3.019 | 1.85 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 112.877 | -17.229 | 0.761 | -3.014 | 1.848 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 112.877 | -17.229 | 0.761 | -3.014 | 1.848 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 112.877 | -17.229 | 0.761 | -3.014 | 1.848 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 112.905 | -17.192 | â | -2.462 | 0.594 | 16.0 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 112.899 | -17.188 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 112.904 | -17.193 | â | -2.4 | 0.11 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 112.905 | -17.19 | â | -0.43 | 0.39 | 16.0 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 112.904 | -17.193 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 112.899 | -17.192 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 112.9 | -17.19 | â | 0.13 | â | 16.0 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 112.9 | -17.183 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 112.9 | -17.19 | â | -1.69 | 0.49 | 16.0 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 112.74 | -16.92 | â | -2.04 | -0.44 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 112.904 | -17.193 | â | -2.4 | 0.11 | 16.0 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 112.904 | -17.193 | â | â | â | â |
đĄ 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 | 99999â | 1.25 | 0.64 | 0.51 | 123 | -0.055 | 93 | 0.47 | â |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.19 | 0.64 | â | 154 | -0.158 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.26 | 0.77 | â | 335 | â | 141 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 289(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.29 | 0.66 | â | 151 | 0.060 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.23 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 248 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.26 | 0.75 | â | 175 | -0.080 | 93(1) | 0.47 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 257 | â | 18 | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.24 | â | â | 91 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.26 | 0.77 | â | 335 | -0.030 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.29 | 0.39 | â | 95 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.27 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.27 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 0.87 | 0.59 | â | 37 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.87 | 0.64 | â | 257 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.87 | 0.64 | â | 257 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.29 | â | â | 10 | â | 10 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.87 | 0.59 | â | 18 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.29 | 1.95 | â | 10 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.87 | 0.59 | â | 18 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 0.87 | 0.59 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.29 | 1.95 | â | 10 | â | â | â | â |
| Dambis | 1999 | 0.71 | 0.58 | â | 32 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.