NGC 1960

(MWSC 594)

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0.92 UTI
0.87
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 5.1 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.87 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

NGC 1960 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Young

Almeida et al. (2025): Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver 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 84.086 34.137 0.842 -0.221 -3.401 -3.23
Almeida et al. 2025 84.079 34.134
Zhang et al. 2024 84.085 34.134
Hunt & Reffert 2024 84.085 34.134 0.843 -0.218 -3.414 -5.135
Celli et al. 2024 84.084 34.135
Cavallo et al. 2024 84.086 34.134 0.844
Hunt & Reffert 2023 84.085 34.134 0.843 -0.218 -3.414 -5.135
Just et al. 2023 84.073 34.159
He et al. 2022 84.085 34.134 0.845 -0.219 -3.406
Jaehnig et al. 2021 84.089 34.137 0.868 -0.162 -3.372
Rain et al. 2021 84.084 34.135 0.835 -0.155 -3.388
Dias et al. 2021 84.079 34.134 0.832 -0.146 -3.395
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 84.084 34.135 0.835 -0.155 -3.388
Bossini et al. 2019 84.084 34.135
Soubiran et al. 2018 84.084 34.135 7.03
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 84.084 34.135 0.835 -0.155 -3.388
Loktin & Popova 2017 84.075 34.14 0.364 -1.456 -1.2
Kharchenko et al. 2016 84.073 34.159
Kharchenko et al. 2013 84.082 34.158 0.91 -4.35 -1.2
Kharchenko et al. 2012 84.082 34.158 0.91 -4.35 -1.18
Piskunov et al. 2008 84.07 34.143
Kharchenko et al. 2007 84.07 34.14 0.27 -1.18
Piskunov et al. 2007 84.07 34.143
Kharchenko et al. 2005 84.07 34.14 0.5 -4.94 -1.18
Kharchenko et al. 2003 84.06 34.15 0.02 -5.14
Chen et al. 2003 83.979 34.13 1.1 -4.08 -4.0
Dias et al. 2002 84.075 34.14 -0.22 -5.66 -17.83
Dambis 1999 84.075 34.14

💡 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 1.09 0.93 30 759
Zhang et al. 2024 -0.191*
Hunt & Reffert 2024 1316*
Celli et al. 2024 28 886
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.18 0.77 25 0.030
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.12 0.79 0.93 27
Just et al. 2023 37 163
He et al. 2022 1.00 20
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.15*
Rain et al. 2021 1.16 0.65 25 0
Dias et al. 2021 1.09 0.93 30 -0.030
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.16 0.63 28
Bossini et al. 2019 1.13 0.66 26 0.000
Soubiran et al. 2018 1.16
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.16
Loktin & Popova 2017 1.33 0.70 28
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.20 0.78 37
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.20 0.78 37
Kharchenko et al. 2012 1.20 0.78 37
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.32 0.68 42 746*
Piskunov et al. 2007 1.32 0.68 42 191
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.32 0.68 42
Kharchenko et al. 2003 0.72 0.68
Chen et al. 2003 1.32 20
Dias et al. 2002 1.33 0.68 25
Dambis 1999 1.10 0.71 16

💡 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.