King 6

(FoF 2321)

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C3
N_50
r_50
AA 475 9.9
Summary

King 6 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. It is located at a close distance from the Sun, near 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) 51.958 56.4 2.29 -1.8
Chen et al. (2003) 52.031 56.456
Piskunov et al. (2008) 52.005 56.453
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 52.013 56.465 2.45 -1.82
Loktin & Popova (2017) 51.96 56.4 2.7 -3.006
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) 51.982 56.444 1.346 3.864 -1.814
Soubiran et al. (2018) 51.982 56.444 -21.88
Bossini et al. (2019) 51.982 56.444
Liu & Pang (2019) 51.981 56.442 1.344 3.871 -1.821
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) 51.982 56.444 1.346 3.864 -1.814
Dias et al. (2021) 51.984 56.439 1.338 3.88 -1.825 -22.136
Rain et al. (2021) 51.982 56.444 1.346 3.864 -1.814
Jaehnig et al. (2021) 51.973 56.438 1.378 3.86 -1.823
He et al. (2022) 51.993 56.443 1.38 3.826 -1.905
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 52.002 56.449 1.376 3.825 -1.91 -21.894
Cavallo et al. (2024) 51.969 56.461 1.377
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 52.002 56.449 1.376 3.825 -1.91 -21.894
Alfonso et al. (2024) 51.975 56.446 1.346 3.827 -1.894
Almeida et al. (2025) 51.984 56.439
           
UCC 51.99 56.446 1.377 3.825 -1.905 -21.763
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)=0.5, Dist=871.0, Age=8.4, [Fe/H]=0.46
Chen et al. (2003) E(B-V)=0.5, HDis=871, Age=0.25, [Fe/H]_1=0.46
Piskunov et al. (2008) E(B-V)=0.58, Dist=450, logt=8.41, logMA=0.463
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.3, distance=632, log_age=8.975, metallicity=0.46
Loktin & Popova (2017) E(B-V)=0.624, Dist=763, logt=6.95
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) dmode=727.3
Soubiran et al. (2018) dmode=727.3
Bossini et al. (2019) AV=1.106, Dist=9.535, logA=8.582, Fe/H=0.46
Liu & Pang (2019) Age=0.047, Z=0.5
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) AVNN=1.34, DistPc=751.0, AgeNN=8.31
Dias et al. (2021) Av=1.844, Dist=704, logage=8.292, [Fe/H]=0.147
Rain et al. (2021) E(B-V)=0.5, Dist=727.3, log(Age)=8.4, NBSS=0
Jaehnig et al. (2021) dmode=0.726
Tarricq et al. (2022) Dist=738, logAgeNN=8.32
He et al. (2022) A0=2.15, logAge=7.65
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=1.845, diffAV50=1.34, MOD50=9.172, logAge50=8.156
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=1.84, dMod50=9.42, logAge50=8.25, [Fe/H]50=0.31
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=957.136, MassTot=968.142
Alfonso et al. (2024) AV=1.33867, MOD=9.38007, logAge=8.33012, Z=0.14697
Almeida et al. (2025) AV=1.844, Dist=704, logAge=8.292, MassRk=683.3

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