King 2

(OCL 311; MWSC 79)

UTI: UCC Trust Index C_N C_dens C_C3 C_lit C_dup 0.89 1.0 0.75 0.86 1.0
C3	N_50	r_50
AB	476	2.1

Summary

King 2 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. It is located at a large distance from the Sun, below the mid-plane. It is well-studied in the literature.

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Positions

Reference	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv
Dias et al. (2002)	12.75	58.183	–	-2.0	-2.6	-144.25
Kharchenko et al. (2012)	12.732	58.201	–	-1.71	-0.08	–
Loktin & Popova (2017)	12.75	58.201	–	-0.223	-1.271	-144.2
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018)	12.741	58.188	0.166	-1.358	-0.824	–
Bica et al. (2019)	12.723	58.202	–	–	–	–
Donor et al. (2020)	12.732	58.201	–	-1.49	-0.92	-135.5
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)	12.741	58.188	0.166	-1.358	-0.824	–
Rain et al. (2021)	12.741	58.188	0.166	-1.358	-0.824	–
Jaehnig et al. (2021)	12.736	58.194	0.156	-1.381	-0.816	–
Hunt & Reffert (2023)	12.739	58.187	0.162	-1.419	-0.844	-101.762
Cavallo et al. (2024)	12.743	58.192	0.154	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert (2024)	12.739	58.187	0.162	-1.419	-0.844	-101.762
UCC	12.739	58.192	0.135	-1.399	-0.869	-137.646

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)=0.31, Dist=5750.0, Age=9.78, [Fe/H]=-0.42
Kharchenko et al. (2012)	e_bv=0.3, distance=5499, log_age=9.67, metallicity=-0.42
Loktin & Popova (2017)	E(B-V)=0.548, Dist=1783, logt=9.45
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018)	dmode=5136.0
Donor et al. (2020)	Fe/H=-0.36
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)	AVNN=0.97, DistPc=6760.0, AgeNN=9.61
Rain et al. (2021)	E(B-V)=0.31, Dist=5136.0, log(Age)=9.78, NBSS=26
Jaehnig et al. (2021)	dmode=6.35
Hunt & Reffert (2023)	AV50=1.224, diffAV50=2.156, MOD50=13.526, logAge50=9.04
Cavallo et al. (2024)	AV50=1.13, dMod50=13.06, logAge50=9.36, [Fe/H]50=-0.29
Hunt & Reffert (2024)	MassJ=1948.82, MassTot=2172.72

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Cluster region map