Dutra Bica 44
(DB2000 44; MWSC 2690)
0.05
UTI
0.0
CN
0.0
Cdens
0.12
CC3
0.06
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
19
Core radius and density
9.5 [pc], 0.01 [pc-2]
- CN 0.0 Sparse
- Cdens 0.0 Very loose
- CC3 0.12 Very low quality
- Clit 0.06 Rarely studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Dutra Bica 44 is a sparse, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very large* distance, above the mid-plane, affected by very high extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~14.81 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~2.26 kpc).
â ī¸ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (Cdup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 266.598 | -24.906 | 0.068 | -5.864 | -9.923 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 266.634 | -24.896 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 266.634 | -24.896 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 266.643 | -24.895 | â | -6.38 | -11.7 | â |
| Dutra & Bica | 2000 | 266.651 | -24.903 | 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 | 2.26 | 7.6 | â | 1259 | â | 164 | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 1259 | â | 164 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.26 | 7.60 | â | 1259 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.26 | 7.60 | â | 1259 | â | â | â | â |
MOCA

Dias et al. (2002)
Asterism (Dutra et al. 2003, A&A 408, 127); cat V3.5 (Jan 2016)