Collinder 209

(VDBH 71; NGC 2910; MWSC 1679; OCL 781; vdBergh-Hagen 71; ESO 166 17; FSR 1493; FoF 987)

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0.92 UTI
0.86
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 97.2 [N/pc2]
  • CN 0.86 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Collinder 209 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.

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 142.633 -52.91 0.77 -6.76 6.155 7.059
Li et al. 2025 142.643 -52.913 0.746 -6.802 6.159 –
Wei et al. 2025 142.649 -52.907 0.771 -6.757 6.134 –
Almeida et al. 2025 142.636 -52.917 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 142.64 -52.909 0.779 -6.763 6.149 8.04
Cavallo et al. 2024 142.636 -52.912 0.776 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 142.64 -52.909 0.779 -6.763 6.149 8.04
Almeida et al. 2023 142.634 -52.921 – – – –
Cordoni et al. 2023 142.636 -52.917 0.748 -6.771 6.177 –
Just et al. 2023 142.614 -52.922 – – – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 142.641 -52.922 0.768 -6.755 6.138 –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 142.641 -52.904 0.779 -6.78 6.123 –
Rain et al. 2021 142.643 -52.913 0.746 -6.802 6.159 –
Dias et al. 2021 142.636 -52.917 0.748 -6.771 6.177 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 142.643 -52.913 0.746 -6.802 6.159 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 142.643 -52.913 0.746 -6.802 6.159 –
Liu & Pang 2019 142.633 -52.911 0.737 -6.771 6.123 –
Bossini et al. 2019 142.643 -52.913 – – – –
Bica et al. 2019 142.614 -52.89 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 142.643 -52.913 0.746 -6.802 6.159 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 142.62 -52.918 – -8.413 4.0 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 142.614 -52.922 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 142.625 -52.918 – -3.56 3.11 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 142.62 -52.925 – -9.3 4.82 –
Gozha et al. 2012 142.625 -52.918 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 142.615 -52.918 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 142.625 -52.917 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 142.62 -52.92 – -8.96 4.62 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 142.6 -52.92 – -8.12 4.61 –
Dias et al. 2002 142.625 -52.918 – -3.56 3.11 –

💡 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 99999– 1.3 0.86 1.02 110 0.000 490 0.41 0.0
Li et al. 2025 1.22 0.64 – 154 0.140 – – –
Wei et al. 2025 1.32 0.75 – 87 0.000 841 0.39 –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.23 0.76 – 153 – 421 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 932(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.31 0.99 – 83 -0.020 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.22 0.57 1.02 116 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 1.22 0.79 – 104 0.051 419(1) 0.41 –
Cordoni et al. 2023 1.23 0.76 – 153 0.146 3580 0.43 0.00
Just et al. 2023 – – – 16 – 195 – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 1.23 – – 135 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.29(1) – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 1.29 0.84 – 47 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 1.23 0.76 – 153 0.146 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.26 0.57 – 129 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.29 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 44 -0.250 – – –
Bossini et al. 2019 1.43 0.86 – 48 0.000 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.29 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.56 1.06 – 160 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.88 1.23 – 16 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.88 1.23 – 16 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 2.61 – – 160 -0.040 490 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 2.61 1.05 – 29 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 2.61 1.05 – 158 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 2.61 1.05 – 29 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 2.61 1.08 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 2.61 1.04 – 160 – – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

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