NGC 2343
(MWSC 1119; FoF 2081; CMa18)
0.92
UTI
0.83
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
43.8 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.83 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 2343 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, intermediate-age 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.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 107.022 | -10.629 | 0.903 | 0.236 | -0.174 | 9.514 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 107.029 | -10.619 | 0.898 | 0.193 | -0.195 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 107.028 | -10.612 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 107.027 | -10.617 | 0.901 | 0.228 | -0.172 | 9.092 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 107.008 | -10.619 | 0.903 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 107.027 | -10.617 | 0.901 | 0.228 | -0.172 | 9.092 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 107.028 | -10.624 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 107.011 | -10.598 | β | β | β | β |
| He et al. | 2022 | 107.015 | -10.609 | 0.907 | 0.248 | -0.165 | β |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 107.0 | -10.618 | 0.913 | 0.253 | -0.169 | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 107.022 | -10.624 | 0.936 | 0.262 | -0.181 | β |
| Santos-Silva et al. | 2021 | 107.01 | -10.62 | 0.91 | 0.26 | -0.18 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 107.029 | -10.619 | 0.898 | 0.193 | -0.195 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 107.028 | -10.612 | 0.898 | 0.209 | -0.184 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 107.029 | -10.619 | 0.898 | 0.193 | -0.195 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 107.025 | -10.617 | β | 0.288 | -0.413 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 107.029 | -10.619 | 0.898 | 0.193 | -0.195 | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 106.986 | -10.636 | 0.92 | 0.206 | -0.183 | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 107.029 | -10.619 | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 107.029 | -10.619 | β | β | β | 15.73 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 107.029 | -10.619 | 0.898 | 0.193 | -0.195 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 107.025 | -10.617 | β | 0.509 | 0.466 | 14.9 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 107.011 | -10.598 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 107.025 | -10.617 | β | 1.01 | 0.2 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 107.017 | -10.6 | β | 0.0 | 2.0 | 14.9 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 107.025 | -10.617 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 107.019 | -10.622 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 107.025 | -10.617 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 107.02 | -10.62 | β | -0.55 | 2.07 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 107.04 | -10.63 | β | -0.87 | 0.11 | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 107.052 | -10.661 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 107.025 | -10.617 | β | -2.09 | -1.41 | 14.89 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 107.025 | -10.617 | 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 1.06 | 0.49 | 1.04 | 131 | -0.030 | 194 | 0.52 | 0.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 0.90 | 0.59 | β | 224 | -0.367 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.07 | 0.74 | β | 149 | β | 196 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 618(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.13 | 0.66 | β | 155 | 0.110 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.03 | 0.49 | 1.04 | 163 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.04 | 0.67 | β | 155 | 0.013 | 194(1) | 0.52 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 136 | β | 48 | β | β |
| He et al. | 2022 | β | 0.85 | β | 79 | β | β | β | β |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.05 | β | β | 91 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 1.06(1) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Santos-Silva et al. | 2021 | 1.02(1) | 0.63(1) | β | 181(1) | -0.030(1) | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 1.08 | 0.46 | β | 85 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.07 | 0.74 | β | 149 | 0.063 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.09 | 0.51 | β | 87 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.08 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | β | β | β | 96 | 0.250 | β | β | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 1.03 | 0.49 | β | 86 | 0.030 | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 1.08 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.08 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.07 | 0.40 | β | 13 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.03 | 0.38 | β | 136 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.03 | 0.38 | β | 136 | -0.300 | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.06 | β | β | 13 | -0.300 | 10 | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.06 | 0.37 | β | 170 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.06 | 0.37 | β | 13 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.06 | 0.37 | β | 170 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.05 | 0.37 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 1.06 | 0.37 | β | 10 | -0.300(1) | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.06 | 0.37 | β | 13 | -0.300 | β | β | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 0.81 | 0.51 | β | 126 | β | β | β | β |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


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