ESO 311 21
(MWSC 1415)
0.82
UTI
0.83
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.62
CC3
0.82
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.4 [arcmin]
- CN 0.83 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.62 Intermediate quality
- Clit 0.82 Well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
ESO 311 21 is a rich, very dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Very distant
Moderate extinction
Massive
Near-solar metallicity
Old
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 120.415 | -41.598 | 0.192 | -2.813 | 5.526 | 66.409 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 120.421 | -41.592 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 120.428 | -41.593 | 0.193 | -2.804 | 5.528 | 65.881 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 120.421 | -41.592 | 0.182 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 120.428 | -41.593 | 0.193 | -2.804 | 5.528 | 65.881 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 120.42 | -41.581 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 120.415 | -41.596 | 0.16 | -2.852 | 5.51 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 120.425 | -41.599 | β | -2.962 | 5.54 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 120.415 | -41.596 | 0.16 | -2.852 | 5.51 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 120.415 | -41.596 | β | β | β | 79.59 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 120.439 | -41.602 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 120.415 | -41.596 | 0.16 | -2.852 | 5.51 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 120.42 | -41.581 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 120.424 | -41.583 | β | -8.69 | 6.28 | β |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 120.423 | -41.599 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 120.425 | -41.599 | β | -14.99 | 10.24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.200* | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 1916* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 4.55 | 2.58 | β | 2188 | -0.180 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.54 | 1.88 | 0.83 | 2500 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1995 | β | 1683 | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 5.45 | 1.83 | β | 2570 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 5.30 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 5.30 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 5.30 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 5.12 | 2.45 | β | 1995 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 5.12 | 2.45 | β | 1995 | β | β | β | β |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 2.33 | 1.52 | β | 12589 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.33 | 1.52 | β | 12589 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.