King 15

(MWSC 58; OCL 298; FSR 0501; FoF 358)

0.95 UTI

0.76

C_N

1.0

C_dens

1.0

C_C3

1.0

C_lit

1.0

C_dup

C3 classification AA

Number of members (P>50%) 120

Radius (P>50% members) 3.6 [arcmin]

C_N 0.76 Rich
C_dens 1.0 Very dense
C_C3 1.0 Very high quality
C_lit 1.0 Very well-studied
C_dup 1.0 Unique

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Overview

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King 15 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, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Distant Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

🔍 Search references for King 15 in: SciX Simbad

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Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	8.285	61.849	0.292	-2.301	-0.894	-67.251
Li et al.	2025	8.262	61.854	0.306	-2.326	-0.862	–
Almeida et al.	2025	8.241	61.855	–	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2024	8.268	61.854	0.285	-2.302	-0.893	-67.246
Cavallo et al.	2024	8.269	61.85	0.287	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2023	8.268	61.854	0.285	-2.302	-0.893	-67.246
Almeida et al.	2023	8.251	61.853	–	–	–	–
Just et al.	2023	8.19	61.887	–	–	–	–
Jaehnig et al.	2021	8.278	61.841	0.336	-2.295	-0.834	–
Rain et al.	2021	8.262	61.854	0.306	-2.326	-0.862	–
Dias et al.	2021	8.241	61.855	0.306	-2.357	-0.826	-62.087
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2020	8.262	61.854	0.306	-2.326	-0.862	–
Sánchez et al.	2020	8.225	61.867	–	-2.414	-0.671	–
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders	2020	8.262	61.854	0.306	-2.326	-0.862	–
Liu & Pang	2019	8.292	61.842	0.32	-2.406	-0.745	–
Soubiran et al.	2018	8.262	61.854	–	–	–	-65.81
Bica et al.	2019	8.231	61.853	–	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2018	8.262	61.854	0.306	-2.326	-0.862	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	8.22	61.868	–	0.32	0.49	–
Kharchenko et al.	2016	8.19	61.887	–	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2014	8.225	61.867	–	0.32	0.49	–
Kharchenko et al.	2013	8.199	61.89	–	-3.27	-0.31	–
Gozha et al.	2012	8.225	61.867	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2012	8.199	61.89	–	-3.27	-0.31	–
van den Bergh	2006	8.232	61.859	–	–	–	–
Chen et al.	2003	8.207	61.873	–	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2002	8.225	61.867	–	0.32	0.49	–

💡 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	2.83	1.82	–	434	-0.070	–	–	–
Almeida et al.	2025	2.67	1.83	–	361	–	443	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2024	–	–	–	–	–	960*	–	–
Cavallo et al.	2024	2.98	1.98	–	407	0.000	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert	2023	3.15	1.77	1.69	232	–	–	–	–
Almeida et al.	2023	2.73	2.06	–	101	-0.109	452*	0.60	–
Just et al.	2023	–	–	–	251	–	817	–	–
Jaehnig et al.	2021	2.96*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rain et al.	2021	2.99	2.17	–	251	–	–	–	0
Dias et al.	2021	2.67	1.83	–	361	0.000	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2020	3.40	1.58	–	295	–	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders	2020	2.99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liu & Pang	2019	–	–	–	501	0.500	–	–	–
Soubiran et al.	2018	2.99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al.	2018	2.99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	3.13	1.64	–	309	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2016	5.50	2.17	–	251	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2013	5.50	2.17	–	251	0.070	–	–	–
Gozha et al.	2012	3.16	–	–	251	0.070	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2012	5.50	2.17	–	251	0.070	–	–	–
van den Bergh	2006	3.16	2.17	–	251	–	–	–	–
Chen et al.	2003	3.16	2.17	–	250	0.070*	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2002	3.16	2.17	–	251	0.070	–	–	–

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

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