NGC 2143

(MWSC 711)

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0.26 UTI
0.0
CN
0.15
Cdens
0.12
CC3
0.5
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 5.6 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.0 Sparse
  • Cdens 0.15 Very loose
  • CC3 0.12 Very low quality
  • Clit 0.5 Moderately studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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NGC 2143 is a sparse, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~3.29 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~0.86 kpc).

Close Low extinction Old

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 90.737 5.769 0.304 -0.466 -0.167 55.542
Just et al. 2023 90.793 5.746 – – – –
Bica et al. 2019 90.756 5.722 – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 90.795 5.746 – -0.245 -0.591 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 90.793 5.746 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 90.779 5.728 – 1.26 -3.43 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 90.799 5.745 – -1.37 -1.69 –
Piskunov et al. 2008 90.773 5.776 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 90.78 5.77 – 2.85 2.4 –

💡 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
Just et al. 2023 – – – 1230 – 374 – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 0.86 0.45 – 832 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.49 1.29 – 1230 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.49 1.29 – 1230 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 0.80 0.00 – 1413 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 0.80 0.00 – 1413 – – – –

Visualization

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