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
0.97
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
979
Core radius and density
2.5 [pc], 11 [pc-2]
- CN 1.0 Very rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.97 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 |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | â | â | â | -3.12 | -4.24 | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 302.692 | 41.174 | â | -0.48 | -8.03 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 302.694 | 41.175 | â | â | â | â |
| Netopil et al. | 2016 | 302.699 | 41.178 | 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 | 6.51 | 1.55 | 0.965 | 1406 | -0.240 | 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 | 7.88 | 1.81 | 0.97 | 961 | 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 |
| Netopil et al. | 2016 | 8.54 | â | â | 1380 | 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 |
| Paunzen et al. | 2010 | â | â | â | â | -0.230 | 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).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.80 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.021, e_all=0.0848.
Rain et al. (2021)
This object probably suffers from differential reddening. We suggest exploring this effect in future works.
Bica et al. (2019)
Analysis of Dolidze objects by M. Kronberger reported in DAML02.
Ahumada & Lapasset (2007)
Several possible blue and red stragglers are pointed out in (1992AJ....103..204A).