Lynga 2
(MWSC 2215; FoF 2308)
0.96
UTI
0.78
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
29.9 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.78 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Lynga 2 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low 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 very well-studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 216.075 | -61.325 | 1.047 | -6.762 | -4.663 | -17.471 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 216.085 | -61.328 | 1.034 | -6.716 | -4.696 | β |
| Wei et al. | 2025 | 216.096 | -61.337 | 1.055 | -6.678 | -4.648 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 216.081 | -61.333 | β | β | β | β |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 216.046 | -61.33 | 1.013 | -6.748 | -4.655 | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 216.057 | -61.333 | 1.047 | -6.749 | -4.663 | -18.022 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 216.062 | -61.334 | 1.053 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 216.057 | -61.333 | 1.047 | -6.749 | -4.663 | -18.022 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 216.166 | -61.354 | β | β | β | β |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 216.081 | -61.333 | 1.034 | -6.71 | -4.682 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 216.1 | -61.327 | β | β | β | β |
| He et al. | 2022 | 216.084 | -61.332 | 1.048 | -6.752 | -4.655 | β |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 216.046 | -61.325 | 1.042 | -6.751 | -4.668 | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 216.098 | -61.325 | 1.061 | -6.7 | -4.688 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 216.085 | -61.328 | 1.034 | -6.716 | -4.696 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 216.081 | -61.333 | 1.034 | -6.71 | -4.682 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 216.085 | -61.328 | 1.034 | -6.716 | -4.696 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 216.146 | -61.331 | β | -6.665 | -4.559 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 216.085 | -61.328 | 1.034 | -6.716 | -4.696 | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 216.061 | -61.333 | 1.036 | -6.663 | -4.703 | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 216.085 | -61.328 | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 216.085 | -61.328 | β | β | β | -12.35 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 216.085 | -61.328 | 1.034 | -6.716 | -4.696 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 216.15 | -61.332 | β | -4.738 | -8.163 | -9.9 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 216.1 | -61.327 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 216.146 | -61.331 | β | -5.26 | -5.42 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 216.112 | -61.33 | β | -6.25 | -6.5 | -9.9 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 216.146 | -61.331 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 216.088 | -61.328 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 216.088 | -61.328 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 216.088 | -61.322 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 216.09 | -61.33 | β | -5.45 | -7.6 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 216.04 | -61.35 | β | -5.25 | -6.27 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 216.146 | -61.331 | β | -5.26 | -5.42 | -9.94 |
π‘ 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 | 99999β | 0.94 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 132 | 0.046 | 367 | 0.29 | 0.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 0.87 | 0.92 | β | 151 | -0.153 | β | β | β |
| Wei et al. | 2025 | 1.35 | 0.87 | β | 95 | 0.500 | 632 | 0.29 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 0.92 | 0.97 | β | 161 | β | 434 | β | β |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 0.97 | 0.79 | β | 97 | 0.045 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 535(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.91 | 0.77 | β | 214 | 0.330 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.90 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 111 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 0.92 | 1.03 | β | 112 | -0.050 | 367(1) | 0.44 | β |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 0.92 | 0.97 | β | 161 | 0.046 | 522 | 0.25 | 0.00 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 269 | β | 75 | β | β |
| He et al. | 2022 | β | 1.05 | β | 71 | β | β | β | β |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 0.95 | β | β | 107 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 0.94(1) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 0.94 | 0.68 | β | 85 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 0.92 | 0.97 | β | 161 | 0.046 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.97 | 0.79 | β | 102 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.94 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | β | β | β | 93 | 0.250 | β | β | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 0.94 | 0.69 | β | 86 | 0.000 | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 0.94 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 0.94 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.03 | 0.67 | β | 146 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.93 | 1.00 | β | 269 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.93 | 1.00 | β | 269 | β | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 0.90 | β | β | 89 | β | 158 | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.00 | 0.62 | β | 263 | β | 169(1) | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 1.00 | 0.62 | β | 263 | β | 36 | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.00 | 0.62 | β | 132 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.00 | 0.62 | β | 263 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.00 | 0.62 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.90 | 0.68 | β | 89 | β | β | β | β |
(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: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.