FSR 1698
(MWSC 2289)
0.52
UTI
0.52
CN
0.23
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.42
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
55
Core radius and density
2.0 [pc], 1.2 [pc-2]
- CN 0.52 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.23 Very loose
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.42 Poorly studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
FSR 1698 is a moderately populated, very loose object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~3.50 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~2.23 kpc).
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 230.233 | -59.622 | 0.285 | -3.923 | -3.585 | 51.426 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 230.234 | -59.627 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 230.233 | -59.622 | 0.289 | -3.901 | -3.576 | 51.566 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 230.251 | -59.607 | 0.29 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 230.233 | -59.622 | 0.289 | -3.901 | -3.576 | 51.566 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 230.228 | -59.618 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 230.234 | -59.627 | 0.248 | -4.028 | -3.531 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | â | â | â | -2.68 | -2.49 | â |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 230.241 | -59.62 | â | â | â | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 230.242 | -59.628 | â | -6.43 | -3.78 | â |
| Joshi et al. | 2016 | 230.241 | -59.62 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 230.228 | -59.618 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 230.242 | -59.628 | â | -6.07 | -4.12 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 230.241 | -59.62 | â | -5.19 | -2.3 | â |
| Froebrich et al. | 2007 | 230.242 | -59.628 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 230.242 | -59.628 | â | -6.07 | -4.12 | 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 | 2.23 | 2.91 | 2.33 | 363 | 0.399 | 1022 | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.12 | 2.91 | â | 14 | â | 1022 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 3.07 | 3.23 | 2.33 | 12 | â | 1130(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.90 | 3.16 | â | 32 | 0.570 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.07 | 3.23 | 2.33 | 12 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 363 | â | 199 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.12 | 2.91 | â | 14 | 0.228 | â | â | â |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 1.56 | â | â | 363 | â | â | â | â |
| Joshi et al. | 2016 | 1.56 | 2.76 | â | 363 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.56 | 2.76 | â | 363 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.56 | 2.76 | â | 363 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.56 | 2.76 | â | 363 | 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.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD classes: 0.10 (50th percentile), true positive? (human-assigned).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD classes: 0.10 (50th percentile), true positive? (human-assigned).