Melotte 179

(Collinder 349; IC 4665; MWSC 2689; OCL 85; FoF 2432; OCSN 206)

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0.97 UTI
0.84
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 32.3 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.84 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

Melotte 179 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, above the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Very close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Young

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

Cavallo et al. (2024): Gold sample.

Data

Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 266.568 5.576 2.897 -0.851 -8.533 -15.003
Almeida et al. 2025 266.554 5.58
Alfonso et al. 2024 266.597 5.595 2.855 -0.838 -8.521
Zhang et al. 2024 266.532 5.635
Hunt & Reffert 2024 266.532 5.635 2.867 -0.881 -8.532 -17.295
Cavallo et al. 2024 266.588 5.56 2.877
Hunt & Reffert 2023 266.532 5.635 2.867 -0.881 -8.532 -17.295
Qin et al. 2023 266.47 5.7 2.88 -0.89 -8.54 -14.74
Just et al. 2023 266.558 5.694
He et al. 2022 266.512 5.597 2.9 -0.87 -8.555
Jaehnig et al. 2021 266.543 5.658 2.909 -0.942 -8.494
Rain et al. 2021 266.554 5.615 2.868 -0.909 -8.52
Dias et al. 2021 266.554 5.58 2.86 -0.896 -8.504 -14.142
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 266.554 5.615 2.868 -0.909 -8.52
Liu & Pang 2019 266.438 5.681 2.896 -0.905 -8.477
Bossini et al. 2019 266.554 5.615
Soubiran et al. 2018 266.554 5.615 -14.4
Bica et al. 2019 266.551 5.665
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 266.554 5.615 2.868 -0.909 -8.52
Loktin & Popova 2017 266.58 5.717 -0.86 -8.1 -12.2
Kharchenko et al. 2016 266.558 5.694
Kharchenko et al. 2013 266.565 5.695 -0.6 -8.0 -12.2
Piskunov et al. 2008 266.577 5.716
Kharchenko et al. 2007 266.58 5.72 1.0 -10.26
Piskunov et al. 2007 266.577 5.716
Kharchenko et al. 2005 266.58 5.72 -0.57 -7.4 -10.26
Kharchenko et al. 2003 266.53 5.66 -0.3 -6.76
Chen et al. 2003 266.55 5.708 -0.99 -7.77 -13.0
Dias et al. 2002 266.575 5.717 -0.86 -8.1 -15.95
Dambis 1999 266.575 5.717

💡 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
Almeida et al. 2025 0.33 0.71 53 190
Alfonso et al. 2024 0.35 0.45 35 -0.004
Zhang et al. 2024 -0.019*
Hunt & Reffert 2024 251*
Cavallo et al. 2024 0.36 0.94 22 0.140
Hunt & Reffert 2023 0.34 0.56 0.98 33
Qin et al. 2023 0.46 0.71 28
Just et al. 2023 43 56
He et al. 2022 0.90 35
Jaehnig et al. 2021 0.34*
Rain et al. 2021 0.35 0.37 38 0
Dias et al. 2021 0.33 0.71 53 -0.005
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 0.35 0.45 33
Liu & Pang 2019 33 0.250
Bossini et al. 2019 0.31 0.40 38 -0.030
Soubiran et al. 2018 0.35
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 0.35
Loktin & Popova 2017 0.35 0.54 43
Kharchenko et al. 2016 0.35 0.53 43
Kharchenko et al. 2013 0.35 0.53 43 -0.030
Piskunov et al. 2008 0.35 0.53 43 259*
Piskunov et al. 2007 0.35 0.53 43 140
Kharchenko et al. 2005 0.35 0.53 43
Kharchenko et al. 2003 0.35 0.53
Chen et al. 2003 0.35 40
Dias et al. 2002 0.35 0.54 43 -0.030
Dambis 1999 0.33 0.60 40

💡 Note: The parameters are sometimes transformed from their original values to match the format of the columns shown here, see FAQ. The columns DAv, Bfr, BSS correspond to differential extinction, binary fraction, and blue stragglers, respectively. BSS values can be listed as fractions or integers.
(*): indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

Galactocentric position diagram

💡 Note: How are the galactocentric plots generated? See FAQ.