ESO 312 04
(MWSC 1491)
0.65
UTI
0.58
CN
0.93
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.48
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
67
Core radius and density
1.4 [pc], 4.7 [pc-2]
- CN 0.58 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.93 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.48 Poorly studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
ESO 312 04 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a moderate percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 126.722 | -41.252 | 0.164 | -2.909 | 3.862 | 86.924 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 126.722 | -41.247 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 126.721 | -41.251 | 0.169 | -2.927 | 3.825 | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 126.753 | -41.256 | 0.171 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 126.721 | -41.251 | 0.169 | -2.927 | 3.825 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 126.722 | -41.247 | 0.136 | -2.911 | 3.907 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 126.722 | -41.251 | 0.15 | -2.915 | 3.917 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 126.722 | -41.251 | 0.15 | -2.915 | 3.917 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 126.73 | -41.247 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 126.722 | -41.251 | 0.15 | -2.915 | 3.917 | â |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 126.693 | -41.238 | â | â | â | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 126.713 | -41.244 | â | -2.89 | 0.99 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 126.713 | -41.244 | â | -2.41 | 1.04 | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 126.713 | -41.255 | â | â | â | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 126.713 | -41.244 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 126.713 | -41.244 | â | -6.31 | 7.61 | 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 | 4.88 | 2.27 | 1.98 | 104 | 0.178 | 420 | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 5.02 | 2.27 | â | 104 | â | 255 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 4.87 | 2.36 | 1.98 | 90 | â | 711(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 4.88 | 2.37 | â | 105 | 0.480 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.87 | 2.35 | 1.98 | 90 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 5.02 | 2.27 | â | 104 | -0.123 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 5.86 | 2.06 | â | 45 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 5.75 | 2.76 | â | 81 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 5.60 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 5.60 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 1.96 | â | â | 200 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2012 | â | â | â | â | â | 420 | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 2.14(1) | 1.70 | â | 71 | â | â | â | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 2.41 | 1.55 | â | 562 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.41 | 1.55 | â | 562 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.13 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.13 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.1572, e_all=0.0707.