Markarian 6

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0.48 UTI
0.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.31
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 3.2 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.0 Sparse
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 0.31 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Markarian 6 is a sparse, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a low-mass, very young cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 9 years.

Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Close Moderate extinction Low mass Very young

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 37.429 60.685 1.467 -3.548 0.482 -5.885
Loktin & Popova 2017 37.41 60.707 – -1.343 -2.513 -7.18
Dias et al. 2014 37.417 60.707 – -4.44 0.32 –
Gozha et al. 2012 37.417 60.707 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 37.41 60.67 – -4.8 -1.73 –
Dias et al. 2002 37.417 60.707 – -3.33 0.24 -7.18

💡 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] Bfr BSS
Loktin & Popova 2017 0.59 1.71 – 16 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 0.70 – – 16 – 30 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 0.70 1.77 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 0.70 1.88 – 16 – – – –
Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
Stock 7 100.0 37.44 60.61 1.47 -3.53 0.46 -7.82 0.8

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that Markarian 6 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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