Mayer 1
(MWSC 34)
0.86
UTI
0.68
CN
0.87
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
5.3 [arcmin]
- CN 0.68 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.87 Dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Mayer 1 is a moderately populated, dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~2.88 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~2.14 kpc).
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 5.498 | 61.76 | 0.347 | -3.459 | -1.481 | -10.431 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 5.502 | 61.751 | 0.353 | -3.341 | -1.426 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 5.519 | 61.761 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 5.487 | 61.75 | 0.346 | -3.466 | -1.469 | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 5.475 | 61.759 | β | β | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 5.524 | 61.769 | 0.349 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 5.487 | 61.75 | 0.346 | -3.466 | -1.469 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 5.504 | 61.738 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 5.519 | 61.761 | 0.354 | -3.398 | -1.487 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 5.502 | 61.751 | 0.353 | -3.341 | -1.426 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 5.475 | 61.75 | β | -3.213 | -1.482 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 5.502 | 61.751 | 0.353 | -3.341 | -1.426 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 5.502 | 61.751 | 0.353 | -3.341 | -1.426 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 5.475 | 61.75 | β | -2.412 | -3.28 | -20.9 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 5.504 | 61.738 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 5.475 | 61.75 | β | -1.68 | -1.18 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 5.514 | 61.741 | β | -3.87 | -3.27 | -20.9 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 5.475 | 61.75 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 5.514 | 61.741 | β | -3.96 | -3.21 | -20.9 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 5.469 | 61.741 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 5.47 | 61.75 | β | 0.2 | β | -20.9 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 5.47 | 61.74 | β | -5.27 | -5.87 | -20.9 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 5.47 | 61.75 | β | -4.46 | -6.66 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 5.475 | 61.75 | β | -1.68 | -1.18 | -20.9 |
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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.14 | 1.39 | β | 81 | -0.151 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.38 | 1.58 | β | 14 | β | 140 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 500* | β | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | 29 | β | 230 | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.62 | 1.55 | β | 15 | 0.430 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.74 | 1.66 | 2.12 | 22 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 55 | β | 91 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.38 | 1.58 | β | 14 | 0.012 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.62 | 1.29 | β | 29 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.62 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.62 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 3.36 | 1.36 | β | 69 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.43 | 1.55 | β | 55 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.43 | 1.55 | β | 55 | β | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.43 | β | β | β | β | 1413 | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 1.43 | 1.55 | β | 55 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.43 | 1.24 | β | 55 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.43 | 1.24 | β | 55 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.43 | 1.24 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.43 | 1.55 | β | 55 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.