King 16

(MWSC 70; OCL 306; FSR 0512)

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0.95 UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
C3 classification AA
Number of members (P>50%) 126
Radius (P>50% members) 2.9 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.76 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique
πŸ“₯ Members πŸ“Š Colab πŸ”¬ Bayestar19 πŸ” CDS πŸ” Simbad πŸ” CDS (Ξ±, Ξ΄) πŸ” Simbad (Ξ±, Ξ΄)

Overview
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King 16 is a rich, very dense object of very 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, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and metallicity parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Note: This object shares a small percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Relatively close Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Young

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data
πŸ” Search references for King 16 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 – 10.934 64.175 0.339 -3.019 -0.519 –
Almeida et al. 2025 10.903 64.175 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 10.929 64.181 0.336 -3.058 -0.557 -51.798
Cavallo et al. 2024 10.942 64.18 0.337 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 10.929 64.181 0.336 -3.058 -0.557 -51.798
Almeida et al. 2023 10.912 64.178 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 10.954 64.177 – – – –
Dias et al. 2021 10.903 64.175 0.332 -2.914 -0.432 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 10.915 64.172 0.328 -2.908 -0.419 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 10.938 64.186 – -3.142 -0.37 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 10.915 64.172 0.328 -2.908 -0.419 –
Dias et al. 2019 10.938 64.186 0.314 -2.654 -0.409 -42.961
Bica et al. 2019 10.904 64.179 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 10.915 64.172 0.328 -2.908 -0.419 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 10.935 64.186 – -1.937 0.454 -58.2
Kharchenko et al. 2016 10.954 64.177 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 10.938 64.186 – -1.94 -1.21 -58.2
Kharchenko et al. 2013 10.965 64.18 – -0.66 1.58 –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 10.965 64.18 – -0.66 1.58 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 10.93 64.18 – 0.7 2.96 –
Dias et al. 2002 10.938 64.186 – -1.94 -1.21 -58.2

πŸ’‘ 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
Almeida et al. 2025 2.44 2.35 – 133 – 284 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 820* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 2.99 2.53 – 102 0.360 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.76 2.43 0.92 52 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 2.51 2.53 – 24 -0.063 633* 0.62 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 63 – 288 – –
Dias et al. 2021 2.44 2.35 – 133 0.138 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 2.87 2.00 – 52 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 2.81 – – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2019 2.49 2.08 – 16 -2.028 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 2.81 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.13 1.51 – 224 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.33 2.58 – 63 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.33 2.58 – 63 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 2.33 2.58 – 63 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 2.30 2.48 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.92 2.76 – 10 – – – –

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

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
Cmg 672 16.7 10.64 64.05 0.35 -2.74 -0.59 -46.49 0.26

πŸ’‘ Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that King 16 shares with each listed object.

Visualization
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King 16 UCC
King 16 HUNT23
King 16 CANTAT20
Galactocentric position diagram