Dias 8 is a sparse, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate^* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 7 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~3.44 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~2.24 kpc).

⚠️ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (C_dup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	298.011	11.611	0.291	-4.83	-6.338	–
Bica et al.	2019	298.035	11.634	–	–	–	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	298.035	11.628	–	-1.054	-3.214	–
Dias et al.	2014	298.025	11.634	–	-3.36	-3.03	–
Dias et al.	2002	298.025	11.634	–	-2.56	-3.28	–

💡 Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.