NGC 2353

(MWSC 1152; FoF 1400; CMa15)

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0.91 UTI
0.82
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 52.7 [N/pc2]
  • CN 0.82 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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NGC 2353 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 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: good fit.

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– 108.642 -10.254 0.831 -1.105 0.771 15.606
Li et al. 2025 108.641 -10.257 0.816 -1.121 0.72 –
Wei et al. 2025 108.646 -10.255 0.845 -1.1 0.788 –
Almeida et al. 2025 108.634 -10.266 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 108.641 -10.25 0.829 -1.095 0.775 17.627
Cavallo et al. 2024 108.636 -10.263 0.833 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 108.641 -10.25 0.829 -1.095 0.775 17.627
Cordoni et al. 2023 108.634 -10.266 0.826 -1.114 0.721 –
Just et al. 2023 108.621 -10.248 – – – –
He et al. 2022 108.638 -10.255 0.841 -1.102 0.783 –
Tarricq et al. 2022 108.642 -10.238 0.823 -1.092 0.771 –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 108.644 -10.25 0.849 -1.105 0.752 –
Santos-Silva et al. 2021 108.66 -10.23 0.8 -1.09 0.77 –
Rain et al. 2021 108.641 -10.257 0.816 -1.121 0.72 –
Dias et al. 2021 108.634 -10.266 0.826 -1.114 0.721 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 108.641 -10.257 0.816 -1.121 0.72 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 108.641 -10.257 0.816 -1.121 0.72 –
Liu & Pang 2019 108.635 -10.26 0.834 -1.087 0.746 –
Bossini et al. 2019 108.641 -10.257 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 108.641 -10.257 0.816 -1.121 0.72 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 108.63 -10.267 – -1.282 0.836 22.3
Kharchenko et al. 2016 108.621 -10.248 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 108.625 -10.267 – -3.92 -1.18 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 108.627 -10.25 – -3.22 1.36 22.3
Gozha et al. 2012 108.625 -10.267 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 108.624 -10.273 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 108.63 -10.27 – 0.25 – 22.3
Piskunov et al. 2007 108.624 -10.273 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 108.625 -10.267 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 108.63 -10.27 – -2.81 0.94 22.3
Kharchenko et al. 2003 108.63 -10.27 – -3.15 0.45 –
Chen et al. 2003 108.646 -10.272 – -3.76 1.67 38.0
Dias et al. 2002 108.625 -10.267 – -3.92 -1.18 18.78

💡 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– 1.14 0.31 0.83 102 0.065 482 0.41 0.0
Li et al. 2025 1.21 0.29 – 306 0.145 – – –
Wei et al. 2025 1.17 0.35 – 191 0.250 591 0.35 –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.14 0.52 – 134 – 631 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 566(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.15 0.41 – 178 0.130 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.13 0.17 0.83 146 – – – –
Cordoni et al. 2023 1.14 0.52 – 134 -0.055 1426 0.47 0.00
Just et al. 2023 – – – 16 – 144 – –
He et al. 2022 – 0.60 – 63 – – – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 1.19 – – 107 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.18(1) – – – – – – –
Santos-Silva et al. 2021 1.07(1) 0.53(1) – 114(1) -0.130(1) – – –
Rain et al. 2021 1.18 0.31 – 126 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 1.14 0.52 – 134 -0.055 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.22 0.28 – 102 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.18 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 132 0.500 – – –
Bossini et al. 2019 1.14 0.37 – 80 0.000 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.18 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 1.14 0.24 – 87 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.18 0.39 – 16 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.18 0.39 – 16 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.12 – – 94 – 398 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.12 0.22 – 11 – 185(1) – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 1.12 0.22 – 11 – 65 – –
van den Bergh 2006 1.12 0.22 – 93 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.12 0.22 – 11 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.12 0.22 – – – – – –
Chen et al. 2003 1.12 – – 90 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.17 0.31 – 126 – – – –

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

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