Gaia 2

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0.52 UTI
0.63
CN
0.65
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.16
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Core radius and density 1.5 [pc], 3.2 [pc-2]
  • CN 0.63 Moderately populated
  • Cdens 0.65 Moderately dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 0.16 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Gaia 2 is a moderately populated, moderately dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age parameter (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.02 (50th percentile).

Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.02 (50th percentile).

Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.0967, e_all=0.1274.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 28.128 53.036 0.156 -1.31 1.237 -52.818
Hu & Soubiran 2025 28.127 53.048 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 28.129 53.049 0.167 -1.318 1.219 -54.371
Cavallo et al. 2024 28.127 53.048 0.167 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 28.129 53.049 0.167 -1.318 1.219 -54.371
Jadhav & Subramaniam 2021 28.136 53.058 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 28.136 53.058 0.099 -1.181 1.299 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 28.136 53.058 0.099 -1.181 1.299 –

💡 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 99999– 5.85 0.61 1.13 7943 -0.450 430 – 0
Hu & Soubiran 2025 – – – – -0.300(5) – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 6.33 0.61 1.13 2973 – 459(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 4.85 0.95 – 12023 -0.600 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 6.33 0.61 1.13 2972 – – – –
Jadhav & Subramaniam 2021 5.37 0.50 – 7943 – 402 – 0(1)
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 5.37 0.50 – 7943 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 7.83 – – – – – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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