Haffner 26

(MWSC 1459; OCL 707; ESO 430 29; FoF 1438)

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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

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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

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 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 –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 123.898 -30.848 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 123.906 -30.848 – – – –
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 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 123.898 -30.85 0.323 -1.574 2.387 52.532
Almeida et al. 2023 123.9 -30.844 – – – –
Cordoni et al. 2023 123.906 -30.848 0.305 -1.584 2.371 –
Just et al. 2023 123.916 -30.826 – – – –
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 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 123.911 -30.851 0.303 -1.588 2.37 –
Liu & Pang 2019 123.917 -30.857 0.292 -1.748 2.422 –
Bossini et al. 2019 123.911 -30.851 – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 123.911 -30.851 – – – 55.08
Bica et al. 2019 123.908 -30.861 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 123.911 -30.851 0.303 -1.588 2.37 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 123.916 -30.826 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 123.913 -30.833 – 0.42 -0.99 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 123.922 -30.829 – -2.89 0.93 62.4
Piskunov et al. 2008 123.907 -30.825 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 123.91 -30.83 – -4.54 4.31 –

💡 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 – 597 -0.067 – – –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 – – – – -0.220* – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 2.52 0.76 – 587 – 263 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 868* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 2.63 0.63 – 676 -0.020 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.74 0.23 0.68 673 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 2.63 0.62 – 661 -0.055 602* 0.51 –
Cordoni et al. 2023 2.52 0.76 – 587 -0.121 14564 0.69 0.00
Just et al. 2023 – – – 100 – 80 – –
Dias et al. 2021 2.52 0.76 – 587 -0.121 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 2.79 0.46 – 537 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 3.01 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 661 0.000 – – –
Bossini et al. 2019 2.92 0.57 – 511 0.000 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 3.01 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 3.01 – – – – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.59 1.29 – 100 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.59 1.29 – 100 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.00 0.25 – 30 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.00 0.25 – 30 – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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