LP 38 is a sparse, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large^* distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 9 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~5.69 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~3.18 kpc).

⚠️ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (C_dup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	98.989	-13.728	0.176	-0.473	1.715	92.432
Loktin & Popova	2017	99.015	-13.74	–	-1.072	4.553	–

💡 Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.