Czernik 26
(MWSC 886; OCL 544)
0.62
UTI
0.6
CN
0.22
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.65
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
69
Core radius and density
2.7 [pc], 1.1 [pc-2]
- CN 0.6 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.22 Very loose
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.65 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Czernik 26 is a moderately populated, very loose object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 97.745 | -4.18 | 0.111 | 0.036 | 0.197 | 95.275 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 97.741 | -4.181 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 97.746 | -4.178 | 0.103 | 0.037 | 0.193 | 93.539 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 97.741 | -4.182 | 0.104 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 97.746 | -4.178 | 0.103 | 0.037 | 0.193 | 93.539 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 97.748 | -4.214 | â | â | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 97.754 | -4.183 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 97.754 | -4.183 | 0.06 | 0.142 | 0.191 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 97.754 | -4.183 | 0.06 | 0.142 | 0.191 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 97.753 | -4.193 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 97.754 | -4.183 | 0.06 | 0.142 | 0.191 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | â | â | â | 0.63 | -1.4 | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 97.7 | -4.217 | â | 2.88 | 0.16 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 97.748 | -4.214 | â | â | â | â |
| Tadross | 2014 | 97.7 | -4.217 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 97.7 | -4.217 | â | 2.99 | 0.05 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 97.755 | -4.215 | â | -1.69 | 0.9 | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 97.7 | -4.217 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 97.742 | -4.174 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 97.7 | -4.217 | â | 2.99 | 0.05 | â |
| Lynga | 1987 | 97.7 | -4.22 | â | â | â | â |
đĄ 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 | 99999â | 7.58 | 1.035 | 1.745 | 880 | -0.350 | 608 | â | 0 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.320(5) | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 7.58 | 1.21 | 1.74 | 613 | â | 662(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 5.01 | 1.12 | â | 1000 | -0.030 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 7.58 | 1.21 | 1.75 | 614 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 1000 | â | 608 | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 7.08 | 0.88 | â | 525 | â | 166 | â | 0(1) |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 7.08 | 0.88 | â | 525 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 7.07 | 1.34 | â | 759 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 11.29 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 11.29 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 7.66 | 0.79 | â | 1000 | â | â | â | â |
| Perren et al. | 2015 | 9.10(1) | 0.95(1) | â | 708(1) | 0.140(1) | â | â | â |
| Tadross | 2014 | 1.20 | 1.42 | â | 170 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 7.66 | 0.79 | â | 1000 | -0.380 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 8.87 | â | â | 1000 | -0.380 | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 5.98(1) | 0.95 | â | 1413 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 8.87 | 1.20 | â | 1000 | -0.380 | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.66 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.66 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.2174, e_all=0.1709.