Czernik 2
(MWSC 69; OCL 304; FSR 0510; FoF 894)
0.91
UTI
0.8
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
5.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.8 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Czernik 2 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate 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.
Relatively close
Moderate 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 | 10.956 | 60.197 | 0.505 | -4.055 | -0.972 | -83.559 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 10.952 | 60.197 | 0.495 | -4.06 | -0.905 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 10.961 | 60.182 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 10.941 | 60.2 | 0.495 | -4.041 | -0.962 | -82.989 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 10.991 | 60.179 | 0.496 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 10.941 | 60.2 | 0.495 | -4.041 | -0.962 | -82.989 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 10.971 | 60.188 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 10.915 | 60.149 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 10.961 | 60.182 | 0.497 | -4.075 | -0.909 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 10.952 | 60.197 | 0.495 | -4.06 | -0.905 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 10.925 | 60.15 | β | -4.067 | -0.761 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 10.952 | 60.197 | 0.495 | -4.06 | -0.905 | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 10.951 | 60.182 | 0.496 | -4.052 | -0.963 | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 10.926 | 60.197 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 10.952 | 60.197 | 0.495 | -4.06 | -0.905 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 10.92 | 60.15 | β | -1.652 | -0.572 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 10.915 | 60.149 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 10.925 | 60.15 | β | -0.64 | -1.01 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 10.924 | 60.152 | β | -0.71 | -1.0 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 10.924 | 60.152 | β | -0.71 | -1.0 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 10.925 | 60.15 | β | -0.64 | -1.01 | 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 | 1.57 | 1.53 | β | 750 | -0.143 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.69 | 1.89 | β | 294 | β | 459 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 794* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.01 | 1.73 | β | 437 | 0.350 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.89 | 1.69 | 2.02 | 314 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.76 | 1.79 | β | 351 | 0.037 | 398* | 0.69 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1327 | β | 1169 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.69 | 1.89 | β | 294 | -0.036 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.90 | 1.41 | β | 372 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.91 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | β | β | β | 1590 | -1.000 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.91 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.70 | 0.94 | β | 447 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 4.50 | 1.55 | β | 1327 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 4.50 | 1.55 | β | 1327 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 4.50 | 1.55 | β | 1327 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.77 | 2.29 | β | 100 | 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: good fit. Gold sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.