Lynga 5
(MWSC 2310)
0.85
UTI
0.83
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.71
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
37.2 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.83 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.71 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Lynga 5 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 235.457 | -56.675 | 0.33 | -3.671 | -3.583 | -67.581 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 235.474 | -56.687 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 235.46 | -56.669 | 0.337 | -3.665 | -3.594 | -56.467 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 235.466 | -56.679 | 0.339 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 235.46 | -56.669 | 0.337 | -3.665 | -3.594 | -56.467 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 235.463 | -56.649 | β | β | β | β |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 235.462 | -56.68 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 235.474 | -56.687 | 0.302 | -3.666 | -3.552 | -71.981 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 235.462 | -56.68 | 0.305 | -3.66 | -3.561 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 235.475 | -56.65 | β | -3.652 | -3.513 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 235.462 | -56.68 | 0.305 | -3.66 | -3.561 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 235.462 | -56.68 | β | β | β | -68.12 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 235.462 | -56.68 | 0.305 | -3.66 | -3.561 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | β | β | β | -3.7 | -3.54 | β |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 235.474 | -56.65 | β | β | β | β |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 235.475 | -56.65 | -1.38 | -2.32 | β | β |
| Joshi et al. | 2016 | 235.474 | -56.65 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 235.463 | -56.649 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 235.475 | -56.65 | β | -1.25 | -2.74 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 235.474 | -56.65 | β | -5.7 | -3.58 | β |
| Morales et al. | 2013 | 235.475 | -56.65 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 235.475 | -56.65 | β | -1.25 | -2.74 | β |
| Lynga | 1987 | 235.515 | -56.629 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh & Hagen | 1975 | 234.6 | -56.567 | β | β | β | β |
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 | 2.595 | 2.76 | 2.32 | 794 | 0.251 | 1611 | β | 0 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.48 | 3.45 | β | 62 | β | 1266 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 5753(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.47 | 4.40 | β | 74 | 0.130 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.71 | 4.25 | 2.32 | 147 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 944 | β | 351 | β | β |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 2.92 | 2.50 | β | 794 | β | 1956 | β | 0(1) |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.48 | 3.45 | β | 62 | 0.372 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.92 | 2.50 | β | 794 | β | β | β | β |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 2.89 | 3.62 | β | 347 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.99 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.99 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.99 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 1.75 | β | β | 944 | β | β | β | β |
| Joshi et al. | 2016 | 1.75 | 2.76 | β | 944 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.75 | 2.76 | β | 944 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.75 | 2.76 | β | 944 | β | β | β | β |
| Morales et al. | 2013 | 1.95 | β | β | 50 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.75 | 2.76 | β | 944 | 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: invalid due to poor quality CMD. Isochrone match: worst fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.28 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.28 (50th percentile).
Morales et al. (2013)
Classified as morphological type 'OC2' (totally exposed cluster without correlation with ATLASGAL emission). Morphological flag: exposed cluster, without submm emission.