CWNU 2268

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0.53 UTI
0.67
CN
0.88
Cdens
0.5
CC3
0.31
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 3.0 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.67 Moderately populated
  • Cdens 0.88 Dense
  • CC3 0.5 Intermediate quality
  • Clit 0.31 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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CWNU 2268 is a moderately populated, dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.
Very distant Moderate extinction Massive Near-solar metallicity Young

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 – 133.162 -47.805 0.2 -3.612 3.509 122.795
Wei et al. 2025 133.286 -47.832 0.387 -4.619 3.874 –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 133.151 -47.81 0.186 -3.614 3.509 –
Cavallo et al. 2024 133.149 -47.811 0.188 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 133.151 -47.81 0.186 -3.614 3.509 –
He et al. 2023 133.164 -47.802 0.218 -3.612 3.496 70.7

💡 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
Wei et al. 2025 6.37 2.72 – 20 0.250 2248 0.38 –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 732* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 6.14 2.92 – 19 0.260 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 4.44 2.91 2.15 57 – – – –
He et al. 2023 3.89 2.60 – 501 – – – –

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

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