Collinder 101
(NGC 2251; MWSC 916; OCL 499)
0.91
UTI
0.78
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
13.7 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.78 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Collinder 101 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 metallicity 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 | 98.673 | 8.349 | 0.675 | 0.67 | -3.816 | 25.601 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 98.68 | 8.337 | 0.658 | 0.697 | -3.806 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 98.687 | 8.357 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 98.676 | 8.344 | 0.678 | 0.642 | -3.795 | 27.096 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 98.684 | 8.366 | 0.679 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 98.676 | 8.344 | 0.678 | 0.642 | -3.795 | 27.096 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 98.647 | 8.371 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 98.67 | 8.349 | 0.667 | 0.659 | -3.829 | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 98.671 | 8.352 | 0.697 | 0.701 | -3.831 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 98.68 | 8.337 | 0.658 | 0.697 | -3.806 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 98.687 | 8.357 | 0.647 | 0.676 | -3.824 | 26.138 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 98.68 | 8.337 | 0.658 | 0.697 | -3.806 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 98.68 | 8.337 | 0.658 | 0.697 | -3.806 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 98.68 | 8.337 | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 98.68 | 8.337 | â | â | â | 26.1 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 98.664 | 8.366 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 98.68 | 8.337 | 0.658 | 0.697 | -3.806 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 98.655 | 8.368 | â | -0.526 | -0.522 | -16.0 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 98.647 | 8.371 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 98.658 | 8.367 | â | -1.13 | -0.17 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 98.655 | 8.37 | â | -1.95 | -2.34 | -16.0 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 98.658 | 8.367 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 98.65 | 8.37 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 98.65 | 8.37 | â | 0.2 | â | -16.0 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 98.65 | 8.367 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 98.65 | 8.37 | â | 0.67 | -2.79 | -16.0 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 98.67 | 8.37 | â | -0.24 | -2.6 | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 98.655 | 8.361 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 98.658 | 8.367 | â | -1.13 | -0.17 | 25.33 |
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 | 1.33 | 0.59 | 1.03 | 275 | -0.066 | 308 | â | 0.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.33 | 0.78 | â | 365 | -0.052 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.31 | 0.92 | â | 325 | â | 365 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 736(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.43 | 0.75 | â | 363 | 0.260 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.39 | 0.58 | 1.03 | 491 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 285 | â | 101 | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.46 | â | â | 275 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 1.44(1) | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 1.45 | 0.56 | â | 263 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.31 | 0.92 | â | 325 | -0.092 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.52 | 0.85 | â | 275 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.45 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 1.39 | 0.72 | â | 308 | -0.090 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 1.45 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.45 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.34 | 0.58 | â | 273 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.33 | 0.59 | â | 285 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.33 | 0.59 | â | 285 | 0.250 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.33 | â | â | 267 | 0.250 | 251 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.33 | 0.59 | â | 269 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.33 | 0.59 | â | 269 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.33 | 0.59 | â | 269 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.33 | 0.59 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 1.33 | 0.58 | â | 260 | -0.080(1) | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.33 | 0.58 | â | 267 | -0.100 | 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: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.