ESO 282 26 is a poorly populated, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate^* distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 9 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~3.54 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.85 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	–	288.451	-42.651	0.282	1.364	-3.677	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	288.465	-42.648	–	3.56	-3.234	13.1
Dias et al.	2014	288.467	-42.648	–	1.91	-6.43	–
Dias et al.	2002	288.467	-42.648	–	1.92	-6.59	–

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