Czernik 21
(MWSC 543)
0.92
UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.62
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
27.5 [N/pc2]
- CN 1.0 Very rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.62 Intermediate quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Czernik 21 is a very rich, very dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 81.667 | 36.016 | 0.255 | 2.15 | -0.913 | 43.587 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 81.671 | 36.013 | 0.221 | 2.244 | -0.907 | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 81.675 | 36.006 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 81.675 | 36.011 | β | β | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 81.676 | 36.018 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 81.676 | 36.018 | 0.272 | 2.184 | -0.891 | 41.628 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 81.675 | 36.006 | 0.265 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 81.676 | 36.018 | 0.272 | 2.184 | -0.891 | 41.628 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 81.673 | 36.016 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 81.675 | 36.011 | 0.225 | 2.291 | -0.915 | 45.77 |
| Spina et al. | 2021 | 81.676 | 36.013 | 0.22 | 2.274 | -0.914 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 81.671 | 36.013 | 0.221 | 2.244 | -0.907 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 81.671 | 36.014 | β | 2.449 | -0.915 | β |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | 81.683 | 36.015 | β | 2.38 | -1.04 | 45.0 |
| Zhong et al. | 2020 | 81.671 | 36.013 | β | 2.244 | -0.907 | 37.915 |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 81.671 | 36.013 | 0.221 | 2.244 | -0.907 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 81.671 | 36.013 | β | β | β | 45.52 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 81.671 | 36.013 | 0.221 | 2.244 | -0.907 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 81.675 | 36.015 | β | 0.591 | -1.279 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 81.673 | 36.016 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 81.671 | 36.014 | β | -2.56 | -4.73 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 81.682 | 36.015 | β | 1.41 | -3.82 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 81.682 | 36.015 | β | 1.41 | -3.82 | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 81.658 | 36.013 | β | β | β | β |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 81.671 | 36.014 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 81.671 | 36.014 | β | -2.56 | -4.73 | 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 4.0 | 2.63 | 2.31 | 2239 | -0.313 | 2424 | β | β |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 3.38 | 2.98 | β | 2364 | -0.306 | β | β | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.300(5) | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 4.27 | 2.87 | β | 1416 | β | 2311 | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | β | -0.323(1) | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 2424(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.85 | 2.58 | β | 1549 | 0.020 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.24 | 2.76 | 2.31 | 1047 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 2239 | β | 4634 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 4.27 | 2.87 | β | 1416 | -0.239 | β | β | β |
| Spina et al. | 2021 | 3.80 | β | β | 2570 | -0.322(20) | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.04 | 2.05 | β | 2570 | β | β | β | β |
| Donor et al. | 2020 | β | β | β | β | -0.320 | β | β | β |
| Zhong et al. | 2020 | 4.30 | 2.63 | β | 9350 | -0.476 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.00 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 4.00 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.00 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 4.13 | 2.35 | β | 741 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 4.30 | 2.63 | β | 2239 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 4.30 | 2.63 | β | 2239 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 4.30 | 2.63 | β | 2239 | β | β | β | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 3.27(1) | 2.20 | β | 3162 | β | β | β | β |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 2.30 | 2.23 | β | 3548 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.30 | 2.23 | β | 3548 | β | β | β | β |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


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