King 16

(OCL 306; FSR 0512; MWSC 70)

N_50

r_50

126

2.9

Summary

King 16 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. It is located at a moderate distance from the Sun, above the mid-plane. It is well-studied in the literature.

This object shares a small percentage of members with a later reported entry.

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Positions

Reference	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv
Dias et al. (2002)	10.938	64.186	–	-1.94	-1.21	-58.2
Kharchenko et al. (2012)	10.965	64.18	–	-0.66	1.58	–
Loktin & Popova (2017)	10.935	64.186	–	-1.937	0.454	-58.2
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018)	10.915	64.172	0.328	-2.908	-0.419	–
Bica et al. (2019)	10.904	64.179	–	–	–	–
Dias et al. (2019)	10.938	64.186	0.314	-2.654	-0.409	-42.961
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)	10.915	64.172	0.328	-2.908	-0.419	–
Dias et al. (2021)	10.903	64.175	0.332	-2.914	-0.432	–
Hunt & Reffert (2023)	10.929	64.181	0.336	-3.058	-0.557	-51.798
Cavallo et al. (2024)	10.942	64.18	0.337	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert (2024)	10.929	64.181	0.336	-3.058	-0.557	-51.798
Almeida et al. (2025)	10.903	64.175	–	–	–	–

UCC	10.934	64.175	0.339	-3.019	-0.519	–

Galactocentric position

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Estimated members

1 2 3

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Fundamental parameters

Reference	Values
Dias et al. (2002)	`E(B-V)=0.89, Dist=1920.0, Age=7.0`
Kharchenko et al. (2012)	`e_bv=0.833, distance=2325, log_age=7.8`
Loktin & Popova (2017)	`E(B-V)=0.486, Dist=2135, logt=8.35`
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018)	`dmode=2805.2`
Dias et al. (2019)	`E(B-V)=0.67, Dist=2494, logAge=7.203, Z=0.002`
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)	`AVNN=2.0, DistPc=2874.0, AgeNN=7.72`
Dias et al. (2021)	`Av=2.355, Dist=2441, logage=8.125, [Fe/H]=0.138`
Hunt & Reffert (2023)	`AV50=2.428, diffAV50=0.924, MOD50=12.203, logAge50=7.717`
Cavallo et al. (2024)	`AV50=2.53, dMod50=12.38, logAge50=8.01, [Fe/H]50=0.36`
Hunt & Reffert (2024)	`MassJ=820.492, MassTot=820.492`
Almeida et al. (2025)	`AV=2.355, Dist=2441, logAge=8.125, MassRk=283.5`

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Cluster region map

Objects with shared members

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