Kharchenko 1
(MWSC 747)
0.83
UTI
0.39
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
2.0 [arcmin]
- CN 0.39 Poorly populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Kharchenko 1 is a poorly populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 92.193 | 24.283 | 0.386 | 0.751 | -2.296 | 40.362 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 92.197 | 24.281 | 0.42 | 0.767 | -2.286 | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 92.206 | 24.267 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 92.194 | 24.281 | â | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 92.198 | 24.286 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 92.198 | 24.286 | 0.374 | 0.742 | -2.324 | 40.374 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 92.206 | 24.267 | 0.376 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 92.198 | 24.286 | 0.374 | 0.742 | -2.324 | 40.374 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 92.185 | 24.276 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 92.179 | 24.318 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 92.194 | 24.281 | 0.417 | 0.769 | -2.311 | 41.53 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 92.197 | 24.281 | 0.42 | 0.767 | -2.286 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 92.197 | 24.281 | 0.42 | 0.767 | -2.286 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 92.197 | 24.281 | â | â | â | 41.41 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 92.199 | 24.333 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 92.197 | 24.281 | 0.42 | 0.767 | -2.286 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 92.19 | 24.317 | â | 0.483 | -0.866 | 12.7 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 92.179 | 24.318 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 92.2 | 24.332 | â | 0.48 | -4.0 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 92.187 | 24.317 | â | 1.31 | -3.66 | 12.7 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 92.2 | 24.332 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 92.2 | 24.332 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 92.2 | 24.332 | â | 0.48 | -4.0 | 12.74 |
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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 3.51 | 1.26 | â | 530 | 0.259 | â | â | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.190* | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.30 | 1.42 | â | 570 | â | 188 | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.161* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 336* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.34 | 1.09 | â | 676 | 0.420 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.39 | 1.00 | 0.36 | 635 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.41 | 1.55 | â | 469 | -0.186 | 348* | 0.60 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 224 | â | 19 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.30 | 1.42 | â | 570 | -0.140 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.39 | 0.93 | â | 708 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.23 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.23 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.23 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.40 | 0.51 | â | 151 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.84 | 2.26 | â | 224 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.84 | 2.26 | â | 224 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.52 | â | â | 100 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.52 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.52 | 0.93 | â | 100 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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