NGC 2129
(MWSC 704; FoF 189)
0.89
UTI
0.72
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.72 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 2129 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young 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.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Very young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 90.274 | 23.329 | 0.495 | 0.227 | -2.196 | 13.157 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 90.275 | 23.328 | 0.491 | 0.266 | -2.216 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 90.276 | 23.336 | β | β | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 90.278 | 23.325 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 90.278 | 23.325 | 0.49 | 0.222 | -2.19 | 13.166 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 90.275 | 23.328 | β | β | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 90.269 | 23.336 | 0.493 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 90.278 | 23.325 | 0.49 | 0.222 | -2.19 | 13.166 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 90.272 | 23.33 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 90.267 | 23.341 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 90.282 | 23.322 | 0.521 | 0.265 | -2.2 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 90.275 | 23.328 | 0.491 | 0.266 | -2.216 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 90.276 | 23.336 | 0.488 | 0.284 | -2.253 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 90.275 | 23.328 | 0.491 | 0.266 | -2.216 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 90.279 | 23.322 | β | -0.028 | -1.619 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 90.275 | 23.328 | 0.491 | 0.266 | -2.216 | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 90.254 | 23.367 | 0.486 | 0.283 | -2.211 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 90.275 | 23.328 | 0.491 | 0.266 | -2.216 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 90.285 | 23.322 | β | 0.535 | -1.127 | 12.6 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 90.267 | 23.341 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 90.279 | 23.322 | β | -0.33 | -3.51 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 90.276 | 23.34 | β | 1.89 | -1.43 | 12.6 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 90.279 | 23.322 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 90.26 | 23.325 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 90.28 | 23.32 | β | 0.09 | β | 12.6 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 90.275 | 23.317 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 90.27 | 23.32 | β | 0.23 | -0.68 | 12.6 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 90.27 | 23.33 | β | 2.55 | -1.65 | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 90.237 | 23.301 | β | 2.22 | -1.66 | -6.3 |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 90.279 | 23.322 | β | 1.03 | -3.32 | 12.6 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 90.279 | 23.322 | β | β | β | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.06 | 2.39 | β | 13 | 0.051 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.81 | 2.22 | β | 17 | β | 450 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 818* | β | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | 17 | β | 467 | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.00 | 2.13 | β | 31 | 0.290 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.85 | 2.02 | 1.82 | 41 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.81 | 2.21 | β | 23 | -0.080 | 453* | 0.72 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 30 | β | 83 | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 1.91* | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 1.92 | 2.48 | β | 10 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.81 | 2.22 | β | 17 | -0.070 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.06 | 1.88 | β | 17 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.92 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | β | β | β | 6 | 0.500 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.92 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.53 | 1.98 | β | 21 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.65 | 2.33 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.65 | 2.33 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.20 | β | β | 10 | β | 30 | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.51 | 2.29 | β | 12 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.51 | 2.02 | β | 21 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.51 | 2.29 | β | 12 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 2.00 | 1.86 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 1.51 | β | β | 20 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.20 | 2.48 | β | 10 | β | β | β | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 1.66 | 2.26 | β | 10 | β | 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: good fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.