Kronberger 4
(MWSC 3170; DSH J1945.1+2809)
0.74
UTI
0.7
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.61
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
90
Core radius and density
1.5 [pc], 5.3 [pc-2]
- CN 0.7 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.61 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Kronberger 4 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, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 296.295 | 28.16 | 0.122 | -2.528 | -4.885 | -43.274 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 296.297 | 28.16 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 296.292 | 28.163 | 0.13 | -2.506 | -4.899 | -39.104 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 296.295 | 28.16 | 0.13 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 296.292 | 28.163 | 0.13 | -2.506 | -4.899 | -39.104 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 296.295 | 28.162 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 296.282 | 28.165 | â | â | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 296.297 | 28.16 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 296.297 | 28.16 | 0.126 | -2.541 | -4.817 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 296.297 | 28.16 | 0.119 | -2.542 | -4.836 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 296.297 | 28.16 | 0.119 | -2.542 | -4.836 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 296.298 | 28.156 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 296.297 | 28.16 | 0.119 | -2.542 | -4.836 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | â | â | â | -2.3 | -4.02 | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 296.296 | 28.161 | â | -1.87 | -5.95 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 296.282 | 28.165 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 296.296 | 28.161 | â | -0.53 | -3.04 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 296.287 | 28.167 | â | -3.93 | -5.63 | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 296.288 | 28.163 | â | â | â | â |
| Kronberger et al. | 2006 | 296.298 | 28.161 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 296.296 | 28.161 | â | -2.8 | -4.69 | 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 | 6.82 | 2.275 | 2.21 | 809 | 0.072 | 793 | 0.84 | 1 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 7.32 | 2.36 | â | 838 | â | 1111 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 6.58 | 3.10 | 2.21 | 51 | â | 793(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 5.25 | 3.31 | â | 178 | -0.320 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 6.59 | 3.10 | 2.21 | 51 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 6.87 | 2.58 | â | 809 | 0.072 | 750(1) | 0.84 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 1259 | â | 485 | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 6.98 | 2.19 | â | 676 | â | 2001 | â | 1(1) |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 7.32 | 2.36 | â | 838 | 0.278 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 6.98 | 2.19 | â | 676 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 4.77 | 2.41 | â | 832 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 6.77 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 6.77 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 3.73 | 1.38 | â | 1259 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 3.73 | 1.38 | â | 1259 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 7.11(1) | 1.77 | â | 708 | â | â | â | â |
| Kronberger et al. | 2006 | 7.90 | 1.77 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 7.90 | 1.77 | â | â | 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)
Silver sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.04 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.04 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.0972, e_all=0.1384.