Melotte 101

(Collinder 227; VDBH 101; OCL 841; vdBergh-Hagen 101; ESO 093 01; FSR 1564; FoF 44)

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C3
N_50
r_50
AA 629 5.7
Summary

Melotte 101 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. It is located at a moderate distance from the Sun, below the mid-plane. It is very well-studied in the literature.

This object shares a very small percentage of members with a later reported entry.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Dias et al. (2002) 160.55 -65.1 -4.31 0.79 69.13
Piskunov et al. (2007) 160.542 -65.098
Piskunov et al. (2008) 160.542 -65.098
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 160.567 -65.095 -5.6 3.0
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) 160.535 -65.11 0.439 -6.307 3.483
Bica et al. (2019) 160.553 -65.089
Soubiran et al. (2018) 160.535 -65.11 9.53
Liu & Pang (2019) 160.554 -65.109 0.447 -6.319 3.468
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) 160.535 -65.11 0.439 -6.307 3.483
Dias et al. (2021) 160.52 -65.106 0.448 -6.307 3.492
Rain et al. (2021) 160.535 -65.11 0.439 -6.307 3.483
Jaehnig et al. (2021) 160.546 -65.107 0.47 -6.318 3.477
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 160.566 -65.111 0.461 -6.331 3.484 3.442
Cavallo et al. (2024) 160.545 -65.106 0.461
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 160.566 -65.111 0.461 -6.331 3.484 3.442
Almeida et al. (2025) 160.52 -65.106
           
UCC 160.548 -65.113 0.457 -6.322 3.486 6.271
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=0.48, Dist=1995.0, Age=7.89
Piskunov et al. (2007) E(B-V)=0.46, Dist=1995, logt=8.35, logM=2.566
Piskunov et al. (2008) E(B-V)=0.46, Dist=1995, logt=8.35, logM=3.255, logMA=3.262
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.448, distance=1999, log_age=8.1
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) dmode=2134.7
Soubiran et al. (2018) dmode=2134.7
Liu & Pang (2019) Age=0.204, Z=-0.25
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) AVNN=0.91, DistPc=2027.0, AgeNN=8.22
Dias et al. (2021) Av=1.223, Dist=1909, logage=8.236, [Fe/H]=0.066
Rain et al. (2021) E(B-V)=0.48, Dist=2134.7, log(Age)=7.89, NBSS=0
Jaehnig et al. (2021) dmode=2.131
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=1.031, diffAV50=0.838, MOD50=11.527, logAge50=8.138
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=1.13, dMod50=11.54, logAge50=8.4, [Fe/H]50=0.24
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=2596.57, MassTot=2596.57
Almeida et al. (2025) AV=1.223, Dist=1909, logAge=8.236, MassRk=1814.8

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Cluster region map

Objects with shared members

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
OC 0555 10.0 160.57 -65.11 0.47 -6.33 3.46 6.96 0.0