Dias 2
(MWSC 756)
0.87
UTI
0.71
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.62
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.0 [arcmin]
- CN 0.71 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.62 Intermediate quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Dias 2 is a moderately populated, very dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the absorption, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Distant
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Old
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 92.282 | 4.571 | 0.212 | -0.799 | 1.267 | 46.085 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 92.291 | 4.573 | 0.21 | -0.772 | 1.24 | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 92.284 | 4.573 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 92.294 | 4.585 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 92.289 | 4.571 | 0.224 | -0.804 | 1.284 | 46.064 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 92.284 | 4.573 | 0.224 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 92.289 | 4.571 | 0.224 | -0.804 | 1.284 | 46.064 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 92.273 | 4.586 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 92.294 | 4.585 | 0.226 | -0.75 | 1.223 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 92.291 | 4.573 | 0.21 | -0.772 | 1.24 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 92.296 | 4.593 | β | -0.793 | 1.184 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 92.291 | 4.573 | 0.21 | -0.772 | 1.24 | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 92.294 | 4.588 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 92.291 | 4.573 | 0.21 | -0.772 | 1.24 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 92.295 | 4.594 | β | -0.411 | -0.263 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 92.273 | 4.586 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 92.296 | 4.593 | β | -0.68 | -4.25 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 92.28 | 4.585 | β | -0.87 | 0.7 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 92.296 | 4.593 | β | -0.68 | -4.25 | 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 | 5.23 | 1.04 | β | 942 | 0.052 | β | β | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.310* | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 4.03 | 1.03 | β | 1279 | β | 391 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 333* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.63 | 1.72 | β | 575 | -0.990 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.35 | 0.34 | 0.90 | 1633 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1862 | β | 1119 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 4.03 | 1.03 | β | 1279 | -0.242 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.02 | 0.47 | β | 1738 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.19 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.19 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 3.66 | 0.70 | β | 251 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.97 | 1.29 | β | 1862 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.97 | 1.29 | β | 1862 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.83 | 1.89 | β | 794 | 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. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.