Collinder 379
(NGC 6631; MWSC 2916; OCL 59)
0.96
UTI
0.8
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
29.2 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.8 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Collinder 379 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a moderate percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 276.788 | -12.035 | 0.348 | -0.369 | -2.945 | 38.016 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 276.792 | -12.021 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 276.785 | -12.039 | 0.361 | -0.349 | -2.961 | 37.874 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 276.782 | -12.038 | 0.362 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 276.785 | -12.039 | 0.361 | -0.349 | -2.961 | 37.874 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 276.805 | -12.022 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 276.81 | -12.009 | 0.345 | -0.678 | -2.524 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 276.79 | -12.029 | 0.329 | -0.388 | -2.918 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 276.792 | -12.021 | 0.329 | -0.404 | -2.918 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 276.79 | -12.029 | 0.329 | -0.388 | -2.918 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 276.796 | -12.03 | β | -0.53 | -3.025 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 276.79 | -12.029 | 0.329 | -0.388 | -2.918 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 276.79 | -12.029 | β | β | β | 37.64 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 276.775 | -12.032 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 276.79 | -12.029 | 0.329 | -0.388 | -2.918 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 276.805 | -12.022 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 276.796 | -12.03 | β | -0.28 | -3.57 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 276.813 | -12.02 | β | -2.2 | -5.67 | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 276.8 | -12.033 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 276.796 | -12.03 | β | -0.28 | -3.57 | β |
π‘ 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 | 99999β | 2.735 | 2.495 | 1.89 | 398 | -0.377 | 1787 | β | 0.0 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.37 | 2.73 | β | 155 | β | 662 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 1787(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.65 | 3.53 | β | 47 | -1.080 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.45 | 3.11 | 1.89 | 77 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 617 | β | 4169 | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 2.94(1) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.79 | 1.40 | β | 398 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.37 | 2.73 | β | 155 | 0.326 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.68 | 2.80 | β | 200 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.79 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.79 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.79 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.97 | 2.26 | β | 617 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.97 | 2.26 | β | 617 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.60 | 1.40 | β | 398 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.60 | 1.40 | β | 398 | β | β | β | β |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.