FoF 273
(LP 273)
0.70
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.38
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.38 Poorly studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
FoF 273 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with 3 later reported entries. See table with shared members information.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Massive
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 245.725 | -50.178 | 0.386 | -2.355 | -4.123 | -72.388 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 245.723 | -50.172 | 0.372 | -2.322 | -4.119 | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 245.725 | -50.177 | 0.394 | -2.383 | -4.091 | -69.164 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 245.72 | -50.168 | 0.393 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 245.725 | -50.177 | 0.394 | -2.383 | -4.091 | -69.164 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 245.723 | -50.172 | 0.372 | -2.322 | -4.119 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 245.718 | -50.174 | 0.362 | -2.346 | -4.109 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.41 | 2.52 | â | 700 | 0.058 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1656* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.06 | 2.69 | â | 398 | 0.110 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.29 | 2.69 | 2.21 | 238 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.40 | 2.05 | â | 380 | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 1480 | -0.750 | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.