IC 2581
(MWSC 1805)
0.95
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.1 [arcmin]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
IC 2581 is a rich, very dense object of very 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, very young cluster (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Very young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 156.863 | -57.624 | 0.371 | -7.279 | 3.596 | -31.516 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 156.867 | -57.626 | 0.352 | -7.275 | 3.594 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 156.863 | -57.625 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 156.874 | -57.63 | 0.372 | -7.288 | 3.601 | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 156.867 | -57.626 | β | β | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 156.852 | -57.624 | 0.372 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 156.874 | -57.63 | 0.372 | -7.288 | 3.601 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 156.849 | -57.624 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 156.895 | -57.636 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 156.868 | -57.627 | 0.382 | -7.278 | 3.595 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 156.867 | -57.626 | 0.352 | -7.275 | 3.594 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 156.863 | -57.625 | 0.349 | -7.276 | 3.598 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 156.867 | -57.626 | 0.352 | -7.275 | 3.594 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 156.871 | -57.617 | β | -7.315 | 3.736 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 156.867 | -57.626 | 0.352 | -7.275 | 3.594 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2019 | 156.871 | -57.617 | 0.349 | -7.254 | 3.614 | -4.617 |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 156.867 | -57.626 | β | β | β | 117.68 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 156.867 | -57.626 | 0.352 | -7.275 | 3.594 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 156.87 | -57.616 | β | -5.61 | 1.75 | -4.6 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 156.895 | -57.636 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 156.871 | -57.617 | β | -5.61 | 1.75 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 156.9 | -57.64 | β | -5.83 | 4.0 | -4.6 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 156.871 | -57.617 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 156.859 | -57.63 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 156.87 | -57.62 | β | 0.18 | β | -4.64 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 156.875 | -57.633 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 156.87 | -57.63 | β | -6.77 | 3.7 | -4.64 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 156.81 | -57.63 | β | -7.86 | 3.15 | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 156.862 | -57.637 | β | -6.32 | 3.67 | -6.0 |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 156.871 | -57.617 | β | -5.61 | 1.75 | -0.52 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 156.871 | -57.617 | β | β | β | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.08 | 1.30 | β | 15 | -0.252 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.45 | 1.40 | β | 13 | β | 546 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 1089* | β | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | 10 | β | 541 | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.24 | 1.40 | β | 39 | -0.110 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.55 | 1.38 | 1.29 | 21 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.42 | 1.44 | β | 14 | 0.041 | 834* | 0.52 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 21 | β | 396 | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 2.63* | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.62 | 1.27 | β | 14 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.45 | 1.40 | β | 13 | 0.010 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.54 | 1.17 | β | 10 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.62 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2019 | 2.27 | 1.08 | β | 14 | -0.775 | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.62 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.62 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.45 | 1.29 | β | 14 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.22 | 1.62 | β | 21 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.22 | 1.62 | β | 21 | -0.340 | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.45 | β | β | 14 | -0.340 | 2138 | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 2.45 | 1.40 | β | 17 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.45 | 1.30 | β | 14 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 2.45 | 1.40 | β | 17 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 2.44 | 1.30 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 2.45 | 1.29 | β | 10 | -0.340* | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.45 | 1.29 | β | 14 | -0.340 | β | β | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 2.17 | 1.32 | β | 13 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.