Haffner 9
(MWSC 1214; OCL 600; FSR 1240; FoF 197)
0.91
UTI
0.8
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
2.5 [arcmin]
- CN 0.8 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Haffner 9 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near 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 mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate 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 | β | 111.177 | -16.995 | 0.312 | -0.86 | 0.446 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 111.174 | -17.001 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 111.18 | -16.997 | 0.308 | -0.861 | 0.438 | 52.851 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 111.18 | -16.997 | 0.309 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 111.18 | -16.997 | 0.308 | -0.861 | 0.438 | 52.851 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 111.171 | -17.004 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 111.169 | -16.998 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 111.174 | -17.001 | 0.337 | -0.844 | 0.423 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 111.175 | -17.001 | 0.337 | -0.832 | 0.424 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 111.175 | -17.003 | β | -0.828 | 0.545 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 111.175 | -17.001 | 0.337 | -0.832 | 0.424 | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 111.173 | -16.993 | 0.344 | -0.836 | 0.483 | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 111.175 | -17.001 | β | β | β | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 111.179 | -16.994 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 111.175 | -17.001 | 0.337 | -0.832 | 0.424 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 111.18 | -17.0 | β | -2.319 | 4.716 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 111.169 | -16.998 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 111.175 | -17.003 | β | 1.36 | 2.09 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 111.175 | -17.0 | β | -2.08 | 5.68 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 111.175 | -17.003 | β | 1.36 | 2.09 | β |
π‘ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.60 | 2.23 | β | 96 | β | 511 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 1671* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.68 | 2.31 | β | 288 | 0.030 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.93 | 2.17 | 2.01 | 205 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.65 | 2.21 | β | 93 | -0.145 | 582* | 0.64 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 141 | β | 45 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.60 | 2.23 | β | 96 | -0.172 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.91 | 1.38 | β | 380 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.74 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | β | β | β | 363 | 0.250 | β | β | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 2.96 | 1.61 | β | 445 | 0.000 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.74 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 3.70 | 1.54 | β | 646 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.80 | 1.71 | β | 141 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.80 | 1.71 | β | 141 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.90 | 1.67 | β | 141 | β | β | β | β |
(*): 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.