Collinder 166
(NGC 2482; MWSC 1382; OCL 653; ESO 494 03; FoF 2233)
0.90
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
11.6 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Collinder 166 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, above 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 | 118.788 | -24.273 | 0.728 | -4.67 | 2.258 | 37.633 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 118.787 | -24.263 | 0.72 | -4.722 | 2.189 | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 118.802 | -24.265 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 118.795 | -24.263 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 118.81 | -24.28 | 0.726 | -4.667 | 2.26 | 35.948 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 118.802 | -24.265 | 0.732 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 118.81 | -24.28 | 0.726 | -4.667 | 2.26 | 35.948 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 118.795 | -24.26 | â | â | â | â |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 118.795 | -24.263 | 0.727 | -4.708 | 2.209 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 118.787 | -24.273 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 118.739 | -24.293 | 0.724 | -4.658 | 2.253 | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 118.769 | -24.262 | 0.751 | -4.685 | 2.222 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 118.787 | -24.263 | 0.72 | -4.722 | 2.189 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 118.795 | -24.263 | 0.727 | -4.708 | 2.209 | 39.007 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 118.787 | -24.263 | 0.72 | -4.722 | 2.189 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 118.787 | -24.263 | 0.72 | -4.722 | 2.189 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 118.791 | -24.266 | 0.736 | -4.682 | 2.222 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 118.787 | -24.263 | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 118.787 | -24.263 | â | â | â | 39.13 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 118.804 | -24.273 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 118.787 | -24.263 | 0.72 | -4.722 | 2.189 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 118.8 | -24.258 | â | -4.539 | 3.675 | 38.2 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 118.787 | -24.273 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 118.8 | -24.258 | â | -3.29 | 3.29 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 118.792 | -24.275 | â | -5.1 | 1.8 | 38.2 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 118.8 | -24.258 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 118.793 | -24.256 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 118.793 | -24.256 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 118.8 | -24.267 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 118.8 | -24.26 | â | -5.66 | 0.75 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 118.8 | -24.28 | â | -5.7 | 0.45 | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 118.798 | -24.264 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 118.8 | -24.258 | â | -3.29 | 3.29 | 38.17 |
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 | 0.28 | 0.34 | 398 | 0.031 | 392 | 0.54 | 0.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.36 | 0.10 | â | 517 | 0.239 | â | â | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.150(5) | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.31 | 0.30 | â | 470 | â | 317 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 514(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.29 | 0.13 | â | 575 | 0.220 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.26 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 541 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.21 | 0.10 | â | 671 | -0.102 | 313(1) | 0.51 | â |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 1.31 | 0.30 | â | 470 | 0.031 | 772 | 0.57 | 0.00 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 320 | â | 149 | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.25 | â | â | 363 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 1.33(1) | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 1.33 | 0.34 | â | 355 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.31 | 0.30 | â | 470 | 0.031 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.28 | 0.32 | â | 347 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.33 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 316 | 0.250 | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 1.30 | 0.36 | â | 355 | -0.070 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 1.33 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.33 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.38 | 0.27 | â | 409 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.34 | 0.28 | â | 320 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.34 | 0.28 | â | 320 | -0.081 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.34 | â | â | 402 | 0.120 | 468 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.34 | 0.28 | â | 302 | â | 617(1) | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 1.34 | 0.28 | â | 302 | â | 154 | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.34 | 0.28 | â | 398 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.34 | 0.28 | â | 302 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.35 | 0.28 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 1.34 | 0.29 | â | 400 | 0.120(1) | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.19 | 0.29 | â | 447 | -0.070 | 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.