NGC 1348
(MWSC 289; OCL 391; FSR 0650)
0.90
UTI
0.74
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.1 [arcmin]
- CN 0.74 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 1348 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 53.539 | 51.403 | 0.439 | 1.258 | -0.775 | -24.137 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 53.526 | 51.414 | β | β | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 53.545 | 51.4 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 53.545 | 51.4 | 0.442 | 1.239 | -0.775 | -19.885 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 53.495 | 51.411 | 0.444 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 53.545 | 51.4 | 0.442 | 1.239 | -0.775 | -19.885 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 53.538 | 51.399 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 53.543 | 51.399 | 0.443 | 1.276 | -0.73 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 53.524 | 51.409 | 0.404 | 1.288 | -0.726 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 53.526 | 51.414 | 0.395 | 1.312 | -0.686 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 53.524 | 51.409 | 0.404 | 1.288 | -0.726 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 53.525 | 51.408 | β | 1.481 | -0.84 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 53.524 | 51.409 | 0.404 | 1.288 | -0.726 | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 53.535 | 51.415 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 53.524 | 51.409 | 0.404 | 1.288 | -0.726 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 53.52 | 51.409 | β | 1.094 | -3.514 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 53.538 | 51.399 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 53.525 | 51.408 | β | 0.59 | -0.45 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 53.55 | 51.4 | β | 1.92 | -3.35 | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 53.525 | 51.408 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 53.55 | 51.4 | β | 1.92 | -3.35 | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 53.522 | 51.421 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 53.525 | 51.408 | β | 0.59 | -0.45 | β |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.09 | 2.84 | β | 12 | β | 609 | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | β | 0.000* | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 830* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.54 | 3.04 | β | 34 | 0.640 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.05 | 3.08 | 2.47 | 56 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 282 | β | 27 | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 2.24* | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.31 | 3.16 | β | 129 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.09 | 2.84 | β | 12 | -0.197 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.40 | 2.55 | β | 42 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.31 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.31 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.33 | 2.93 | β | 179 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.80 | 2.63 | β | 282 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.80 | 2.63 | β | 282 | 0.070 | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.82 | β | β | 129 | 0.070 | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 1.80 | 2.63 | β | 282 | 0.070 | β | β | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 1.82 | 3.16 | β | 130 | 0.070* | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.82 | 3.16 | β | 129 | 0.070 | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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