Delta Cephei Cluster
0.50
UTI
0.66
CN
0.83
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
62.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.66 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.83 Dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.0 Rarely studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Delta Cephei Cluster is a moderately populated, dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with 2 later reported entries. See table with shared members information.
Very close
Low extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 335.467 | 56.638 | 4.139 | 16.9 | 4.724 | -14.536 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 334.358 | 56.042 | 4.113 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 336.424 | 57.157 | 4.113 | 16.506 | 4.667 | -15.482 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 335.634 | 56.565 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.25 | 0.51 | â | 36 | 0.070 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 67 | â | â | â | â |
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as a moving group.