Koposov 53
(FSR 0856; MWSC 751; Teutsch 9; MWSC 750)
0.88
UTI
0.64
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
11.3 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.64 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Koposov 53 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large* distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and metallicity parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~5.30 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~3.93 kpc).
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 92.226 | 26.265 | 0.189 | 0.229 | -0.617 | 11.824 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 92.221 | 26.264 | 0.18 | 0.242 | -0.632 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 92.219 | 26.263 | â | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 92.23 | 26.26 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 92.23 | 26.26 | 0.201 | 0.242 | -0.633 | 16.195 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 92.234 | 26.264 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 92.192 | 26.251 | 0.203 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 92.23 | 26.26 | 0.201 | 0.242 | -0.633 | 16.195 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 92.222 | 26.261 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 92.219 | 26.263 | 0.182 | 0.249 | -0.647 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 92.221 | 26.264 | 0.18 | 0.242 | -0.632 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 92.221 | 26.264 | 0.18 | 0.242 | -0.632 | â |
| Monteiro & Dias | 2019 | 92.229 | 26.266 | â | 0.218 | -0.666 | 2.118 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 92.232 | 26.266 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 92.221 | 26.264 | 0.18 | 0.242 | -0.632 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 92.235 | 26.265 | â | 0.278 | -0.791 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 92.222 | 26.261 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 92.233 | 26.264 | â | -0.3 | -1.37 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 92.23 | 26.26 | â | 0.68 | -1.49 | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 92.234 | 26.264 | â | â | â | â |
| Koposov et al. | 2008 | 92.234 | 26.264 | â | â | â | â |
| Froebrich et al. | 2007 | 92.229 | 26.266 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 92.233 | 26.264 | â | -0.3 | -1.37 | â |
đĄ 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 3.93 | 1.16 | 1.97 | 114 | -0.050 | 360 | â | â |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 4.52 | 1.39 | â | 45 | -0.050 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.75 | 1.42 | â | 65 | â | 218 | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.184(1) | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 742(1) | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 16 | â | 485 | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.93 | 1.13 | â | 331 | 0.230 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.41 | 1.16 | 1.97 | 208 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 114 | â | 234 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.75 | 1.42 | â | 65 | -0.280 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 5.15 | 1.53 | â | 16 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.79 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Monteiro & Dias | 2019 | 5.54 | 1.66 | â | 16 | 0.024 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.79 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.59 | 0.67 | â | 158 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.98 | 1.03 | â | 114 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.98 | 1.03 | â | 114 | â | â | â | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 3.20 | 1.05 | â | 316 | â | â | â | â |
| Koposov et al. | 2008 | 3.20 | 1.05 | â | 316 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 5.30 | 1.27 | â | 89 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.