King 20

(OCL 262; MWSC 3739; FSR 0434; FoF 2071)

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C3
N_50
r_50
AB 184 4.1
Summary

King 20 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. It is located at a relatively close distance from the Sun, below the mid-plane. It is very well-studied in the literature.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Dias et al. (2002) 353.312 58.467 -1.24 -0.15
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 353.325 58.463 -1.73 5.32
Loktin & Popova (2017) 353.31 58.467 -1.188 3.654
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) 353.305 58.469 0.496 -2.686 -2.585
Bica et al. (2019) 353.307 58.471
Bossini et al. (2019) 353.305 58.469
Liu & Pang (2019) 353.311 58.475 0.498 -2.698 -2.575
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) 353.305 58.469 0.496 -2.686 -2.585
Dias et al. (2021) 353.305 58.473 0.501 -2.679 -2.592
Rain et al. (2021) 353.305 58.469 0.496 -2.686 -2.585
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 353.305 58.467 0.499 -2.668 -2.647
Cavallo et al. (2024) 353.305 58.468 0.504
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 353.305 58.467 0.499 -2.668 -2.647
Almeida et al. (2025) 353.305 58.473
           
UCC 353.317 58.476 0.506 -2.677 -2.646 -31.587
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=0.65, Dist=1900.0, Age=8.3
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.7, distance=1850, log_age=8.648
Loktin & Popova (2017) E(B-V)=0.561, Dist=1484, logt=8.32
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) dmode=1903.8
Bossini et al. (2019) AV=2.067, Dist=11.478, logA=8.543, Fe/H=0.0
Liu & Pang (2019) Age=0.006, Z=0.5
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) AVNN=2.06, DistPc=1949.0, AgeNN=8.41
Dias et al. (2021) Av=2.507, Dist=1663, logage=7.731, [Fe/H]=0.157
Rain et al. (2021) E(B-V)=0.65, Dist=1903.8, log(Age)=8.3, NBSS=0
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=2.526, diffAV50=0.997, MOD50=11.321, logAge50=7.865
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=2.63, dMod50=11.56, logAge50=8.07, [Fe/H]50=0.54
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=855.262, MassTot=855.262
Almeida et al. (2025) AV=2.507, Dist=1663, logAge=7.731, MassRk=393.8

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