NGC 2362

(MWSC 1173; FoF 671)

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0.95 UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
C3 classification AB
Number of members (P>50%) 530
Radius (P>50% members) 5.4 [arcmin]
  • CN 1.0 Very rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique
πŸ“₯ Members πŸ“Š Colab πŸ”¬ Bayestar19 πŸ” CDS πŸ” Simbad πŸ” CDS (Ξ±, Ξ΄) πŸ” Simbad (Ξ±, Ξ΄)

Overview
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NGC 2362 is a very rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Very young

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data
πŸ” Search references for NGC 2362 in: SciX Simbad
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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 109.68 -24.953 0.767 -2.778 2.987 34.408
Li et al. 2025 109.671 -24.954 0.742 -2.791 2.953 –
Almeida et al. 2025 109.672 -24.949 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 109.672 -24.952 0.774 -2.763 2.974 42.196
Celli et al. 2024 109.671 -24.954 – – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 109.693 -24.967 0.778 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 109.672 -24.952 0.774 -2.763 2.974 42.196
Just et al. 2023 109.674 -24.958 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 109.673 -24.933 0.786 -2.783 2.916 –
Rain et al. 2021 109.671 -24.954 0.742 -2.791 2.953 –
Dias et al. 2021 109.672 -24.949 0.743 -2.779 2.95 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 109.671 -24.954 0.742 -2.791 2.953 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 109.671 -24.955 – -2.688 2.931 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 109.671 -24.954 0.742 -2.791 2.953 –
Liu & Pang 2019 109.666 -24.931 0.748 -2.769 2.952 –
Dias et al. 2019 109.671 24.954 0.742 -2.791 2.953 28.86
Soubiran et al. 2018 109.671 -24.954 – – – 28.86
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 109.671 -24.954 0.742 -2.791 2.953 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 109.68 -24.96 – -3.539 1.159 29.5
Kharchenko et al. 2016 109.674 -24.958 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 109.671 -24.955 – -2.81 2.23 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 109.68 -24.96 – -2.6 2.34 29.5
Gozha et al. 2012 109.671 -24.955 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 109.66 -24.984 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 109.66 -24.95 – 0.25 – 25.33
Piskunov et al. 2007 109.66 -24.984 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 109.65 -24.983 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 109.66 -24.99 – -2.25 2.47 25.33
Kharchenko et al. 2003 109.66 -24.99 – -2.36 2.64 –
Chen et al. 2003 109.729 -24.951 – -2.29 3.03 42.2
Dias et al. 2002 109.671 -24.955 – -2.29 3.03 36.43
Dambis 1999 109.671 -24.955 – – – –

πŸ’‘ 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
Li et al. 2025 1.03 0.32 – 9 -0.344 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.23 0.43 – 14 – 547 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 389* – –
Celli et al. 2024 – – – 6 – 592 – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.19 0.30 – 5 0.030 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.22 0.38 1.35 7 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 4 – 362 – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.27* – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 1.30 0.31 – 5 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 1.23 0.43 – 14 -0.104 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.34 0.37 – 6 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.30 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 8 0.500 – – –
Dias et al. 2019 1.28 0.53 – 7 -1.112 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 1.30 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.30 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 1.39 0.30 – 8 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.38 0.52 – 4 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.38 0.52 – 4 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.48 – – 5 – 1000 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.39 0.31 – 4 – 319* – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 1.39 0.31 – 4 – 71 – –
van den Bergh 2006 1.39 0.31 – 8 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.39 0.31 – 4 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.39 0.31 – – – – – –
Chen et al. 2003 1.39 – – 0 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.48 0.31 – 5 – – – –
Dambis 1999 1.28 0.34 – 10 – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization
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NGC 2362 UCC
NGC 2362 HUNT23
NGC 2362 CANTAT20
Galactocentric position diagram