HSC 2231

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0.18 UTI
0.25
CN
0.39
Cdens
0.25
CC3
0.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 78.3 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.25 Poorly populated
  • Cdens 0.39 Loose
  • CC3 0.25 Low quality
  • Clit 0.0 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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HSC 2231 is a poorly populated, loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, near 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 metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.

âš ī¸ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (Cdup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Very close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as a moving group.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 145.893 -51.544 6.364 -22.676 -4.934 25.839
Hu & Soubiran 2025 145.114 -51.448 – – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 145.114 -51.448 6.337 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 145.196 -51.246 6.32 -22.301 -4.789 16.447

💡 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
Hu & Soubiran 2025 – – – – -0.330* – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 0.16 0.69 – 537 0.130 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 0.15 0.14 0.55 1400 – – – –

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

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