NGC 2353
(MWSC 1152; FoF 1400; CMa15)
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
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.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 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 | â |
| Wei et al. | 2025 | 108.646 | -10.255 | 0.845 | -1.1 | 0.788 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 108.634 | -10.266 | â | â | â | â |
| 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 | â | â | â |
| 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 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 108.621 | -10.248 | â | â | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | 108.638 | -10.255 | 0.841 | -1.102 | 0.783 | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 108.642 | -10.238 | 0.823 | -1.092 | 0.771 | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 108.644 | -10.25 | 0.849 | -1.105 | 0.752 | â |
| Santos-Silva et al. | 2021 | 108.66 | -10.23 | 0.8 | -1.09 | 0.77 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 108.641 | -10.257 | 0.816 | -1.121 | 0.72 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 108.634 | -10.266 | 0.826 | -1.114 | 0.721 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 108.641 | -10.257 | 0.816 | -1.121 | 0.72 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 108.641 | -10.257 | 0.816 | -1.121 | 0.72 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 108.635 | -10.26 | 0.834 | -1.087 | 0.746 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 108.641 | -10.257 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 108.641 | -10.257 | 0.816 | -1.121 | 0.72 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 108.63 | -10.267 | â | -1.282 | 0.836 | 22.3 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 108.621 | -10.248 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 108.625 | -10.267 | â | -3.92 | -1.18 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 108.627 | -10.25 | â | -3.22 | 1.36 | 22.3 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 108.625 | -10.267 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 108.624 | -10.273 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 108.63 | -10.27 | â | 0.25 | â | 22.3 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 108.624 | -10.273 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 108.625 | -10.267 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 108.63 | -10.27 | â | -2.81 | 0.94 | 22.3 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 108.63 | -10.27 | â | -3.15 | 0.45 | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 108.646 | -10.272 | â | -3.76 | 1.67 | 38.0 |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 108.625 | -10.267 | â | -3.92 | -1.18 | 18.78 |
đĄ 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 | 99999â | 1.14 | 0.31 | 0.83 | 102 | 0.065 | 482 | 0.41 | 0.0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.21 | 0.29 | â | 306 | 0.145 | â | â | â |
| Wei et al. | 2025 | 1.17 | 0.35 | â | 191 | 0.250 | 591 | 0.35 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.14 | 0.52 | â | 134 | â | 631 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 566(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.15 | 0.41 | â | 178 | 0.130 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.13 | 0.17 | 0.83 | 146 | â | â | â | â |
| Cordoni et al. | 2023 | 1.14 | 0.52 | â | 134 | -0.055 | 1426 | 0.47 | 0.00 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 16 | â | 144 | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | â | 0.60 | â | 63 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.19 | â | â | 107 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 1.18(1) | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Santos-Silva et al. | 2021 | 1.07(1) | 0.53(1) | â | 114(1) | -0.130(1) | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 1.18 | 0.31 | â | 126 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.14 | 0.52 | â | 134 | -0.055 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.22 | 0.28 | â | 102 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 132 | 0.500 | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 1.14 | 0.37 | â | 80 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.14 | 0.24 | â | 87 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.18 | 0.39 | â | 16 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.18 | 0.39 | â | 16 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 1.12 | â | â | 94 | â | 398 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.12 | 0.22 | â | 11 | â | 185(1) | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 1.12 | 0.22 | â | 11 | â | 65 | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.12 | 0.22 | â | 93 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.12 | 0.22 | â | 11 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.12 | 0.22 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Chen et al. | 2003 | 1.12 | â | â | 90 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.17 | 0.31 | â | 126 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


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