IC 1311
(Trumpler 36; Collinder 414; Dolidze 2; FSR 0214; MWSC 3270; MWSC 3271; OCL 173; OCL 174)
0.99
UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.98
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
42.3 [N/pc2]
- CN 1.0 Very rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.98 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
IC 1311 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a very massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 302.7 | 41.177 | 0.133 | -3.324 | -5.075 | -61.41 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 302.697 | 41.177 | 0.124 | -3.364 | -5.047 | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 302.696 | 41.177 | â | â | â | â |
| Carrasco-Varela et al. | 2025 | 302.846 | 41.196 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 302.693 | 41.174 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 302.698 | 41.182 | 0.128 | -3.325 | -5.084 | -61.446 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 302.696 | 41.177 | 0.125 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 302.698 | 41.182 | 0.128 | -3.325 | -5.084 | -61.446 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 302.694 | 41.175 | â | â | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 302.697 | 41.177 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 302.697 | 41.18 | 0.134 | -3.356 | -5.056 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 302.697 | 41.177 | 0.124 | -3.364 | -5.047 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 302.693 | 41.174 | 0.131 | -3.366 | -5.048 | -61.041 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 302.697 | 41.177 | 0.124 | -3.364 | -5.047 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 302.697 | 41.177 | 0.124 | -3.364 | -5.047 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 302.697 | 41.177 | â | â | â | -8.41 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 302.686 | 41.165 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 302.697 | 41.177 | 0.124 | -3.364 | -5.047 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 302.694 | 41.175 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 302.475 | 41.367 | â | -0.16 | -6.16 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 302.698 | 41.178 | â | -3.61 | -2.92 | -63.2 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 302.575 | 41.217 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 302.696 | 41.189 | â | â | â | â |
| Froebrich et al. | 2007 | 302.7 | 41.179 | â | â | â | â |
| Ahumada & Lapasset | 2007 | 302.575 | 41.217 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 302.575 | 41.217 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 302.575 | 41.217 | â | 0.59 | -6.51 | -63.15 |
| Lynga | 1987 | 302.483 | 41.37 | â | â | â | â |
đĄ 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 6.34 | 1.5 | 0.96 | 1406 | -0.270 | 9118 | â | 4 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 6.54 | 1.79 | â | 1070 | -0.046 | â | â | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.240(5) | â | â | â |
| Carrasco-Varela et al. | 2025 | 5.89 | 1.55 | â | 1406 | 0.050 | â | â | 1(1) |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 6.69 | 1.55 | â | 1406 | â | 5517 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 14882(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 5.30 | 2.05 | â | 1549 | -0.610 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 7.88 | 1.81 | 0.96 | 962 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 1413 | â | 8995 | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 6.17 | 1.34 | â | 912 | â | 9240 | â | 3(1) |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 7.54(1) | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 6.51 | 0.88 | â | 1585 | â | â | â | 5 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 6.69 | 1.55 | â | 1406 | 0.143 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 6.17 | 1.34 | â | 912 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 4.81 | 1.45 | â | 1230 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 6.51 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 6.51 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 6.51 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 5.89 | 1.44 | â | 1413 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 5.89 | 1.44 | â | 1413 | -0.300 | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 6.03 | â | â | 1585 | -0.300 | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 7.01(1) | 0.88 | â | 1413 | â | â | â | â |
| Ahumada & Lapasset | 2007 | â | 2.40 | â | 427 | â | â | â | 12 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 5.33 | 2.40 | â | 417 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 6.03 | 0.88 | â | 1585 | -0.300 | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.80 (50th percentile).
Rain et al. (2021)
This object probably suffers from differential reddening. We suggest exploring this effect in future works.
Ahumada & Lapasset (2007)
Several possible blue and red stragglers are pointed out in (1992AJ....103..204A).