Haffner 8

(OCL 578; MWSC 1200; FoF 376)

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0.92 UTI
0.84
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 3.9 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.84 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Haffner 8 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the absorption and metallicity parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.

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 – 110.771 -12.307 0.326 -1.611 0.474 58.585
Li et al. 2025 110.777 -12.31 0.314 -1.626 0.446 –
Almeida et al. 2025 110.784 -12.315 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 110.772 -12.303 0.335 -1.62 0.475 57.369
Cavallo et al. 2024 110.772 -12.309 0.333 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 110.772 -12.303 0.335 -1.62 0.475 57.369
Almeida et al. 2023 110.776 -12.319 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 110.768 -12.309 0.352 -1.608 0.425 –
Rain et al. 2021 110.777 -12.31 0.314 -1.626 0.446 –
Dias et al. 2021 110.784 -12.315 0.311 -1.634 0.448 61.879
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 110.777 -12.31 0.314 -1.626 0.446 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 110.777 -12.31 0.314 -1.626 0.446 –
Liu & Pang 2019 110.771 -12.322 0.317 -1.598 0.456 –
Soubiran et al. 2018 110.777 -12.31 – – – 61.49
Bica et al. 2019 110.765 -12.294 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 110.777 -12.31 0.314 -1.626 0.446 –
Dias et al. 2014 110.85 -12.333 – -3.6 -0.73 –
Gozha et al. 2012 110.85 -12.333 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 110.85 -12.333 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 110.85 -12.333 – -3.6 -0.73 –

💡 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 2.87 1.17 – 288 0.138 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 2.51 1.29 – 286 – 553 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 830* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 3.03 1.30 – 302 0.540 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.62 0.91 0.71 340 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 2.50 1.29 – 340 -0.116 633* 0.52 –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 2.84* – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 2.91 0.09 – 316 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 2.51 1.29 – 286 -0.078 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 3.01 1.16 – 240 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 2.91 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 63 0.500 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 2.91 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 2.91 – – – – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.18 – – 1413 0.020 – – –
van den Bergh 2006 1.18 0.09 – 1413 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 2.38 0.10 – 316 0.060 – – –

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

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