Czernik 16
(MWSC 282; OCL 387; FSR 0645)
0.90
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
4.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.76 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Czernik 16 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and metallicity 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.
Relatively close
High 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 | β | 52.755 | 52.598 | 0.376 | 0.785 | -2.208 | -33.549 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 52.754 | 52.612 | 0.34 | 0.795 | -2.181 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 52.756 | 52.609 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 52.766 | 52.611 | 0.377 | 0.787 | -2.221 | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 52.768 | 52.585 | 0.376 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 52.766 | 52.611 | 0.377 | 0.787 | -2.221 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 52.749 | 52.604 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 52.781 | 52.631 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 52.756 | 52.609 | 0.335 | 0.777 | -2.205 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 52.754 | 52.612 | 0.34 | 0.795 | -2.181 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 52.7 | 52.65 | β | 0.794 | -1.889 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 52.754 | 52.612 | 0.34 | 0.795 | -2.181 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 52.754 | 52.612 | β | β | β | -30.71 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 52.773 | 52.603 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 52.754 | 52.612 | 0.34 | 0.795 | -2.181 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 52.785 | 52.632 | β | -2.38 | -1.998 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 52.781 | 52.631 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 52.7 | 52.65 | β | 0.29 | -3.4 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 52.792 | 52.632 | β | -2.62 | -0.89 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 52.792 | 52.632 | β | -2.62 | -0.89 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 52.7 | 52.65 | β | 0.29 | -3.4 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.13 | 2.97 | β | 465 | -0.043 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.27 | 2.79 | β | 336 | β | 506 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 920* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.75 | 3.08 | β | 148 | 0.570 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.43 | 3.11 | 1.45 | 83 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.29 | 2.94 | β | 253 | -0.111 | 452* | 0.62 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 20 | β | 459 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.27 | 2.79 | β | 336 | -0.057 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.75 | 2.61 | β | 324 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.71 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.71 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.71 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.56 | 2.42 | β | 200 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.70 | 3.56 | β | 20 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.70 | 3.56 | β | 20 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 2.70 | 3.56 | β | 20 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.58 | 4.00 | β | 200 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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