Collinder 408
(Harvard 20; MWSC 3198; OCL 116; FSR 0144)
0.90
UTI
0.52
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.1 [arcmin]
- CN 0.52 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Collinder 408 is a moderately populated, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below 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 parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.
Relatively close
Low extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 298.33 | 18.356 | 0.444 | -1.738 | -4.483 | 6.689 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 298.321 | 18.345 | 0.461 | -1.732 | -4.447 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 298.323 | 18.336 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 298.324 | 18.36 | 0.426 | -1.741 | -4.473 | 7.172 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 298.312 | 18.297 | 0.431 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 298.324 | 18.36 | 0.426 | -1.741 | -4.473 | 7.172 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 298.319 | 18.344 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 298.294 | 18.321 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 298.311 | 18.343 | 0.494 | -1.707 | -4.461 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 298.321 | 18.345 | 0.461 | -1.732 | -4.447 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 298.323 | 18.336 | 0.48 | -1.737 | -4.451 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 298.321 | 18.345 | 0.461 | -1.732 | -4.447 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 298.321 | 18.345 | 0.461 | -1.732 | -4.447 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 298.315 | 18.347 | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 298.275 | 18.333 | â | -1.417 | -6.07 | 5.2 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 298.294 | 18.321 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 298.275 | 18.333 | â | -1.68 | -0.93 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 298.3 | 18.323 | â | -0.95 | -4.98 | 5.2 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 298.275 | 18.333 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 298.275 | 18.333 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 298.275 | 18.333 | â | -1.68 | -0.93 | â |
| Dambis | 1999 | 298.275 | 18.333 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.67 | 0.74 | â | 165 | -0.264 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.91 | 0.89 | â | 100 | â | 222 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 461* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.28 | 0.56 | â | 295 | 0.740 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.13 | 0.77 | 1.19 | 190 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.23 | 0.94 | â | 106 | -0.002 | 483* | 0.55 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 112 | â | 201 | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 2.04* | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.04 | 0.68 | â | 112 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.91 | 0.89 | â | 100 | 0.005 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.90 | 0.51 | â | 145 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.04 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.60 | 0.73 | â | 36 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.60 | 0.71 | â | 112 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.60 | 0.71 | â | 112 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.54 | â | â | 30 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.54 | 0.78 | â | 30 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.60 | 0.71 | â | 112 | â | â | â | â |
| Dambis | 1999 | 1.74 | 0.79 | â | 158 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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