Collinder 161
(VDBH 9; NGC 2451; NGC 2451A; MWSC 1308; OCL 716; vdBergh-Hagen 9; ESO 311 08; Escorial 24; FoF 2437; OCSN 230)
0.98
UTI
0.9
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
35.4 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.9 Very rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Collinder 161 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the absorption 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 | 115.775 | -38.26 | 5.198 | -21.001 | 15.361 | 23.453 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 115.736 | -38.264 | 5.165 | -21.116 | 15.328 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 115.752 | -38.278 | â | â | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 115.781 | -38.151 | 5.145 | -20.891 | 15.211 | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 115.971 | -38.241 | 5.196 | -20.987 | 15.327 | 25.247 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 115.751 | -38.24 | 5.197 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 115.971 | -38.241 | 5.196 | -20.987 | 15.327 | 25.247 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 115.954 | -38.234 | â | â | â | â |
| Qin et al. | 2023 | 115.65 | -38.29 | 5.16 | -20.93 | 15.12 | 23.89 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 115.33 | -38.518 | â | â | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | 115.762 | -38.277 | 5.202 | -20.956 | 15.393 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 115.736 | -38.264 | 5.165 | -21.116 | 15.328 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 115.752 | -38.278 | 5.15 | -21.058 | 15.332 | 23.266 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 115.736 | -38.264 | 5.165 | -21.116 | 15.328 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 115.736 | -38.264 | 5.165 | -21.116 | 15.328 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 115.735 | -38.2 | 5.146 | -20.919 | 15.265 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 115.736 | -38.264 | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 115.736 | -38.264 | â | â | â | 23.59 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 116.311 | -37.953 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 115.736 | -38.264 | 5.165 | -21.116 | 15.328 | â |
| Yen et al. | 2018 | 115.636 | -38.329 | 5.27 | -21.21 | 15.42 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 115.8 | -38.4 | â | -22.93 | 13.39 | 22.6 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 115.33 | -38.518 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 115.8 | -38.4 | â | -0.2 | 3.18 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 115.335 | -38.52 | â | -21.8 | 15.13 | 22.6 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 115.8 | -38.4 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 115.316 | -38.523 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 115.8 | -38.4 | â | 1.65 | â | 22.63 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 115.316 | -38.523 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 115.32 | -38.53 | â | -21.8 | 15.09 | 21.71 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 116.2 | -38.04 | â | -22.93 | 13.39 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 115.8 | -38.4 | â | -22.93 | 13.39 | 22.7 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 116.35 | -37.967 | 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 | 0.19 | 0.035 | 0.45 | 55 | 0.000 | 222 | 0.24 | 0.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 0.18 | 0.11 | â | 53 | -0.156 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 0.19 | 0.07 | â | 55 | â | 222 | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 0.20 | 0.00 | â | 43 | 0.050 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 185(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.19 | 0.36 | â | 30 | -0.060 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 26 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 0.19 | 0.07 | â | 52 | 0.045 | 342(1) | 0.24 | â |
| Qin et al. | 2023 | 0.19 | 0.03 | â | 56 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 58 | â | 31 | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | â | 0.45 | â | 63 | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 44 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 0.19 | 0.07 | â | 55 | 0.050 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.20 | 0.00 | â | 35 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.19 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 40 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 44 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 0.19 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 0.19 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Yen et al. | 2018 | 0.20 | 0.04 | â | 148 | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 0.21 | 0.15 | â | 34 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 58 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 58 | -0.531 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 0.19 | â | â | 60 | 0.000 | 219 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 58 | â | 405(1) | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 58 | â | 258 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.19 | 0.00 | â | 58 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 0.22 | 0.31 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.19 | 0.03 | â | 60 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Dambis | 1999 | 0.15 | 0.20 | â | 50 | 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: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.