Melotte 179
(Collinder 349; IC 4665; MWSC 2689; OCL 85; FoF 2432; OCSN 206)
- 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
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.


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