HSC 2959

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0.39 UTI
0.0
CN
0.46
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.25
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 5.3 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.0 Sparse
  • Cdens 0.46 Loose
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 0.25 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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HSC 2959 is a sparse, loose object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.
Relatively close High extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

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 – 263.532 -31.116 0.478 0.273 -1.427 -46.847
Hu & Soubiran 2025 263.514 -31.134 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 263.553 -31.118 0.472 0.261 -1.449 -46.86
Cavallo et al. 2024 263.514 -31.134 0.477 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 263.553 -31.118 0.472 0.261 -1.449 -46.86

💡 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 – – – – -0.300* – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 452* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.28 3.49 – 525 -0.530 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.96 3.36 1.38 125 – – – –

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

Visualization

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