King 25

(MWSC 3113; OCL 106; FSR 0127)

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0.87 UTI
0.83
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.75
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 3.4 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.83 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 0.75 Well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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King 25 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 high extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close High extinction Massive Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: invalid due to poor quality CMD. Isochrone match: worst fit.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Dias et al. (2002)
No cluster (Carraro, G.; Janes, K. A.; Eastman, J. D. 2005, MNRAS 364, 179)

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 291.127 13.698 0.315 -1.381 -3.962 21.385
Almeida et al. 2025 291.116 13.694 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 291.134 13.697 0.313 -1.387 -3.95 37.877
Cavallo et al. 2024 291.13 13.691 0.314 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 291.134 13.697 0.313 -1.387 -3.95 37.877
Just et al. 2023 291.119 13.698 – – – –
Dias et al. 2021 291.116 13.694 0.313 -1.373 -3.961 13.25
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 291.122 13.696 0.31 -1.367 -3.958 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 291.122 13.696 0.31 -1.367 -3.958 –
Soubiran et al. 2018 291.122 13.696 – – – 14.25
Bica et al. 2019 291.142 13.697 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 291.122 13.696 0.31 -1.367 -3.958 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 291.119 13.698 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 291.124 13.7 – 0.18 -3.08 –

💡 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 2.36 3.77 – 196 – 1172 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 5054* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 3.37 4.85 – 37 0.410 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.83 5.02 1.89 83 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 282 – 259 – –
Dias et al. 2021 2.36 3.77 – 196 0.430 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 3.09 4.17 – 45 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 2.95 – – – – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 2.95 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 2.95 – – – – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.80 4.13 – 282 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.80 4.13 – 282 – – – –

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

Visualization

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