Haffner 26
(MWSC 1459; OCL 707; ESO 430 29; FoF 1438)
0.95
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
5.3 [arcmin]
- CN 0.76 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Haffner 26 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Low extinction
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 | 123.905 | -30.854 | 0.32 | -1.571 | 2.392 | 53.711 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 123.911 | -30.851 | 0.303 | -1.588 | 2.37 | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 123.898 | -30.848 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 123.906 | -30.848 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 123.898 | -30.85 | 0.323 | -1.574 | 2.387 | 52.532 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 123.898 | -30.848 | 0.323 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 123.898 | -30.85 | 0.323 | -1.574 | 2.387 | 52.532 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 123.9 | -30.844 | â | â | â | â |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 123.906 | -30.848 | 0.305 | -1.584 | 2.371 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 123.916 | -30.826 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 123.906 | -30.848 | 0.305 | -1.584 | 2.371 | 55.051 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 123.911 | -30.851 | 0.303 | -1.588 | 2.37 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 123.911 | -30.851 | 0.303 | -1.588 | 2.37 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 123.917 | -30.857 | 0.292 | -1.748 | 2.422 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 123.911 | -30.851 | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 123.911 | -30.851 | â | â | â | 55.08 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 123.908 | -30.861 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 123.911 | -30.851 | 0.303 | -1.588 | 2.37 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 123.916 | -30.826 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 123.913 | -30.833 | â | 0.42 | -0.99 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 123.922 | -30.829 | â | -2.89 | 0.93 | 62.4 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 123.907 | -30.825 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 123.91 | -30.83 | â | -4.54 | 4.31 | 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 | 2.63 | 0.64 | â | 597 | -0.067 | â | â | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.220* | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.52 | 0.76 | â | 587 | â | 263 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 868* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.63 | 0.63 | â | 676 | -0.020 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.74 | 0.23 | 0.68 | 673 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.63 | 0.62 | â | 661 | -0.055 | 602* | 0.51 | â |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 2.52 | 0.76 | â | 587 | -0.121 | 14564 | 0.69 | 0.00 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 100 | â | 80 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.52 | 0.76 | â | 587 | -0.121 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.79 | 0.46 | â | 537 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.01 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 661 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 2.92 | 0.57 | â | 511 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 3.01 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.01 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.59 | 1.29 | â | 100 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.59 | 1.29 | â | 100 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.00 | 0.25 | â | 30 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.00 | 0.25 | â | 30 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: invalid due to poor quality CMD. Isochrone match: worst fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.