Collinder 338

(MWSC 2651; OCL 1013; ESO 334 03)

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0.88 UTI
0.64
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 13.9 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.64 Moderately populated
  • 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 338 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a 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 parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

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

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 – 264.479 -37.657 1.517 2.485 -1.946 -26.321
Li et al. 2025 264.483 -37.657 1.521 2.546 -1.854 –
Almeida et al. 2025 264.476 -37.666 – – – –
Alfonso et al. 2024 264.67 -37.442 1.463 2.508 -1.864 –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 264.58 -37.634 1.489 2.551 -1.826 -23.741
Cavallo et al. 2024 264.562 -37.44 1.498 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 264.58 -37.634 1.489 2.551 -1.826 -23.741
Almeida et al. 2023 264.495 -37.659 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 264.541 -37.7 – – – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 264.485 -37.686 1.493 2.487 -1.961 –
Dias et al. 2021 264.476 -37.666 1.522 2.55 -1.863 -24.45
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 264.483 -37.657 1.521 2.546 -1.854 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 264.483 -37.657 1.521 2.546 -1.854 –
Bossini et al. 2019 264.483 -37.657 – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 264.483 -37.657 – – – -23.35
Bica et al. 2019 264.57 -37.724 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 264.483 -37.657 1.521 2.546 -1.854 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 264.541 -37.7 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 264.587 -37.717 – -1.68 -1.89 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 264.55 -37.7 – 1.24 -2.87 –
Piskunov et al. 2008 264.514 -37.72 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 264.514 -37.72 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 264.52 -37.72 – 2.89 -3.97 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 264.49 -37.67 – 3.46 -2.5 –
Dias et al. 2002 264.587 -37.717 – -1.74 -2.06 –

💡 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] Bfr BSS
Li et al. 2025 0.60 0.64 – 161 -0.047 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 0.65 0.71 – 153 – 150 – –
Alfonso et al. 2024 0.64 0.45 – 135 0.069 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 222* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 0.63 0.69 – 490 -0.160 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 0.63 0.52 1.09 115 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 0.64 0.71 – 200 0.066 144* 0.44 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 112 – 52 – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 0.63 – – 155 – – – –
Dias et al. 2021 0.65 0.71 – 153 0.069 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 0.64 0.45 – 145 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 0.65 – – – – – – –
Bossini et al. 2019 0.67 0.66 – 236 0.000 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 0.65 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 0.65 – – – – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 0.70 0.78 – 112 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 0.70 0.78 – 112 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 0.88 0.78 – 447 – 395* – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 0.88 0.78 – 447 – 104 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 0.88 0.78 – 447 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 0.50 0.31 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 0.88 0.78 – 447 – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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