NGC 1817

(Collinder 60; MWSC 484; OCL 463; FoF 0)

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1.0 UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 18.0 [N/pc2]
  • CN 1.0 Very rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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NGC 1817 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.

Note: This object shares a very small percentage of members with at least one entry reported in the same catalogue. See table with shared members information.

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).

Rain et al. (2021)
The parameters used to fit the isochrone: log(t)=9.04, E(b-v)=0.23 and [Fe/H]=-0.40 selected from Donati et al. (2014MNRAS.437.1241D, Cat. J/MNRAS/437/1241).

Ahumada & Lapasset (2007)
Each one of the five blue stragglers has a membership probability of 99% according to (1998A&AS..133..387B). Stars 2020, 2072, 2090, and 2110 are cited as blue stragglers in (1977AJ.....82..612H).

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 78.145 16.699 0.568 0.428 -0.929 65.739
Otto et al. 2026 78.141 16.693 – 0.48 -0.89 66.2
Li et al. 2025 78.139 16.696 0.551 0.485 -0.89 –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 78.134 16.698 – – – –
Wei et al. 2025 78.137 16.7 0.572 0.436 -0.951 –
Carrasco-Varela et al. 2025 78.379 16.683 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 78.132 16.702 – – – –
Zhang et al. 2024 78.141 16.693 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 78.141 16.693 0.573 0.43 -0.932 66.742
Cavallo et al. 2024 78.134 16.697 0.572 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 78.141 16.693 0.573 0.43 -0.932 66.742
Angelo et al. 2023 78.158 16.694 – 0.43 -0.93 –
Cordoni et al. 2023 78.132 16.702 0.553 0.504 -0.88 –
Just et al. 2023 78.075 16.68 – – – –
Jadhav & Subramaniam 2021 78.139 16.696 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 78.136 16.686 0.582 0.482 -0.883 –
Rain et al. 2021 78.139 16.696 0.551 0.485 -0.89 –
Dias et al. 2021 78.132 16.702 0.553 0.504 -0.88 65.554
Spina et al. 2021 78.137 16.696 0.553 0.493 -0.882 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 78.139 16.696 0.551 0.485 -0.89 –
Zhong et al. 2020 78.139 16.696 – 0.485 -0.89 58.44
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 78.139 16.696 0.551 0.485 -0.89 –
Liu & Pang 2019 78.138 16.71 0.549 0.516 -0.888 –
Soubiran et al. 2018 78.139 16.696 – – – 66.07
Bica et al. 2019 78.116 16.696 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 78.139 16.696 0.551 0.485 -0.89 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 78.06 16.691 – 0.084 -0.323 65.3
Kharchenko et al. 2016 78.075 16.68 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 78.062 16.69 – -1.79 -2.17 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 78.082 16.68 – 1.0 -1.6 65.3
Gozha et al. 2012 78.063 16.69 – – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 78.079 16.683 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 78.056 16.693 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 78.06 16.69 – 0.23 – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 78.056 16.693 – – – –
Ahumada & Lapasset 2007 78.05 16.683 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 78.05 16.683 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 78.06 16.69 – -0.06 -3.13 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 78.03 16.69 – 1.47 -3.37 –
Chen et al. 2003 78.027 16.698 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 78.062 16.69 – -1.79 -2.17 65.31
Lynga 1987 78.018 16.692 – – – –
Sulentic et al. 1973 78.011 16.696 – – – –

💡 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] Bfrac BSS
UCC 99999– 1.72 1.03 0.51 1122 -0.142 1552 0.305 1
Otto et al. 2026 – – – 1122 -0.140(15) – – –
Li et al. 2025 1.62 0.75 – 1195 -0.154 – – –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 – – – – -0.230(5) – – –
Wei et al. 2025 1.97 0.66 – 1180 0.250 2304 0.39 –
Carrasco-Varela et al. 2025 1.58 0.72 – 1236 -0.100 – – 1(1)
Almeida et al. 2025 1.58 0.72 – 1236 – 1489 – –
Zhang et al. 2024 – – – – -0.170(1) – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 2713(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.64 0.65 – 1175 0.120 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.63 0.34 0.51 1330 – – – –
Angelo et al. 2023 1.55 0.73 – 1122 -0.060 6(1) – –
Cordoni et al. 2023 1.58 0.72 – 1236 -0.100 1904 0.22 1(1)
Just et al. 2023 – – – 794 – 290 – –
Spina et al. 2022 – – – – -0.140 – – –
Jadhav & Subramaniam 2021 1.80 0.59 – 1122 – 2574 – 1(1)
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.70(1) – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 1.72 1.04 – 407 – – – 3
Dias et al. 2021 1.58 0.72 – 1236 -0.100 – – –
Spina et al. 2021 1.82 – – 1122 -0.142(20) – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.80 0.59 – 1122 – – – –
Kounkel et al. 2020 1.70 0.80 – 1175 – – – –
Zhong et al. 2020 1.72(1) 1.12 – 8900 -0.241 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.72 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 1410 -0.250 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 1.72 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.72 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.00 1.03 – 430 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.50 1.12 – 794 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.50 1.12 – 794 -0.140 – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2012 – – – – – 403 – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.97 – – 409 -0.230 1738 – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 1.50(1) 0.60 – 1000 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.97 1.04 – 178 – 1552(1) – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 1.97 1.04 – 178 – 327 – –
Ahumada & Lapasset 2007 – 1.04 – 407 – – – 5
van den Bergh 2006 1.97 1.04 – 407 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.97 1.04 – 178 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.96 1.04 – – – – – –
Chen et al. 2003 1.97 1.05 – 400 -0.260(1) – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.97 1.05 – 409 -0.160 – – –
Lynga 1987 1.75 1.04 – 794 -0.260 – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
NGC 1807 2.9 77.79 16.55 0.54 0.45 -0.94 65.36 0.22

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that NGC 1817 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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