Melotte 72

(Collinder 156; FSR 1215; OCL 581; MWSC 1293; FoF 586)

UTI: UCC Trust Index C_N C_dens C_C3 C_lit C_dup 0.88 1.0 0.75 1.0 1.0 Melotte 72 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. It is very well-studied in the literature. This object shares a very small percentage of members with a later reported entry.
C3	N_50	r_50
AB	443	4.7

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Positions

Reference	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv
Dias et al. (2002)	114.6	-10.683	–	-3.86	-0.26	–
Kharchenko et al. (2012)	114.62	-10.7	–	-0.04	0.48	–
Loktin & Popova (2017)	114.63	-10.705	–	0.358	1.77	–
Bica et al. (2019)	114.609	-10.7	–	–	–	–
Liu & Pang (2019)	114.626	-10.701	0.381	-4.158	3.679	–
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)	114.618	-10.698	0.369	-4.159	3.68	–
Dias et al. (2021)	114.619	-10.701	0.372	-4.18	3.681	71.304
Hunt & Reffert (2023)	114.619	-10.698	0.375	-4.15	3.692	60.933
Cavallo et al. (2024)	114.622	-10.7	0.375	–	–	–
Hunt & Reffert (2024)	114.619	-10.698	0.375	-4.15	3.692	60.933
Hu & Soubiran (2025)	114.622	-10.7	–	–	–	–
UCC	114.624	-10.702	0.377	-4.152	3.684	70.74

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Estimated members

1 2 3

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Fundamental parameters

Reference	Values
Dias et al. (2002)	E(B-V)=0.2, Dist=3981.0, Age=8.78, [Fe/H]=-0.38
Kharchenko et al. (2012)	e_bv=0.229, distance=3963, log_age=8.865, metallicity=-0.38
Loktin & Popova (2017)	E(B-V)=0.035, Dmod=12.834, logt=9.13
Liu & Pang (2019)	Age=1.15, Z=0.0
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)	AVNN=0.41, DMNN=12.14, AgeNN=8.99
Dias et al. (2021)	Av=0.537, Dist=2433, logage=9.078, [Fe/H]=-0.14
Hunt & Reffert (2023)	AV50=0.138, diffAV50=0.534, MOD50=11.87, logAge50=9.106
Cavallo et al. (2024)	AV50=0.4, dMod50=11.92, logAge50=9.08, [Fe/H]50=0.11
Hunt & Reffert (2024)	MassJ=1552.61
Hu & Soubiran (2025)	MA22=-0.2, MA23f=-0.38, MA23g=-0.17, MZ23=-0.38, MK24=-0.28, MF24=-0.24

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Cluster region

Objects with shared members

Cluster	%	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv	UTI
Collinder 467	5.6	114.73	-10.65	0.37	-4.16	3.71	70.4	0.0