CWNU 2946

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0.21 UTI
0.76
CN
0.56
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.0
Clit
0.5
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 2.0 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.76 Rich
  • Cdens 0.56 Moderately dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 0.0 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 0.5 Likely unique

Overview

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CWNU 2946 is a rich, moderately dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very large* distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~11.57 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~6.92 kpc).

Note: This is likely a unique object, which shares a moderate percentage of members with at least one previously reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Very distant Moderate extinction Old

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 161.957 -55.867 0.086 -4.241 2.027 50.307
He et al. 2023 161.958 -55.868 0.078 -4.244 2.023 54.04

💡 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
He et al. 2023 6.92 1.85 – 1585 – – – –
Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
HSC 2350 50.0 161.96 -55.87 0.08 -4.24 2.02 52.17 0.42

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that CWNU 2946 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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