NGC 2345

(MWSC 1120)

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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) 38.6 [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 2345 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 107.079 -13.198 0.356 -1.342 1.374 58.995
Li et al. 2025 107.075 -13.199 0.348 -1.332 1.34 –
Wei et al. 2025 107.084 -13.21 0.359 -1.325 1.331 –
Almeida et al. 2025 107.074 -13.203 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 107.078 -13.19 0.36 -1.336 1.38 88.003
Cavallo et al. 2024 107.085 -13.202 0.359 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 107.078 -13.19 0.36 -1.336 1.38 88.003
Just et al. 2023 107.056 -13.199 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 107.08 -13.203 0.375 -1.339 1.351 –
Rain et al. 2021 107.075 -13.199 0.348 -1.332 1.34 –
Dias et al. 2021 107.074 -13.203 0.347 -1.331 1.333 59.546
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 107.075 -13.199 0.348 -1.332 1.34 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 107.075 -13.199 0.348 -1.332 1.34 –
Soubiran et al. 2018 107.075 -13.199 – – – 60.94
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 107.075 -13.199 0.348 -1.332 1.34 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 107.07 -13.193 – -0.531 -1.349 59.2
Kharchenko et al. 2016 107.056 -13.199 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 107.075 -13.193 – -0.56 -0.04 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 107.062 -13.2 – -0.55 -0.12 59.2
Gozha et al. 2012 107.075 -13.193 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 107.065 -13.187 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 107.075 -13.183 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 107.07 -13.19 – -1.13 0.03 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 107.1 -13.19 – -1.3 -0.05 –
Dias et al. 2002 107.075 -13.193 – -0.56 -0.04 59.19
Dambis 1999 107.075 -13.193 – – – –

💡 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– 2.54 1.89 2.8 76 0.218 2446 0.39 0.0
Li et al. 2025 2.64 1.46 – 679 -0.064 – – –
Wei et al. 2025 3.05 1.56 – 200 0.500 4340 0.39 –
Almeida et al. 2025 2.43 1.89 – 72 – 2446 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 3839(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 3.02 1.78 – 186 0.690 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.48 1.78 2.80 81 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 79 – 871 – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 2.68(1) – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 2.65 1.89 – 71 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 2.43 1.89 – 72 -0.100 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 2.67 1.04 – 209 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 2.65 – – – – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 2.65 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 2.65 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.34 1.87 – 80 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.60 2.13 – 79 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.60 2.13 – 79 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 2.25 – – 71 – 219 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 2.25 2.11 – 55 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 2.25 1.92 – 71 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 2.25 2.11 – 55 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 2.27 1.92 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 2.25 1.91 – 71 – – – –
Dambis 1999 1.72 1.84 – 25 – – – –

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

Visualization

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