NGC 2453

(Collinder 162; MWSC 1340; OCL 670; ESO 493 12; MWSC 13409)

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0.96 UTI
0.81
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
N50 (P>50% members) 251
Stellar density (N50/rad) 24.9 [N/pc2]
C3 classification AA
  • CN 0.81 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique
πŸ“₯ Members πŸ“Š Colab πŸ”¬ Bayestar19 MOCAMOCA πŸ” CDS πŸ” Simbad πŸ” CDS (Ξ±, Ξ΄) πŸ” Simbad (Ξ±, Ξ΄)

Overview
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NGC 2453 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a 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.

Note: This object shares a small percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Palma et al. (2025)
Classified as optical pair P546, along with Theia_2406.

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.98 (50th percentile).

Piecka & Paunzen (2021)
Belongs to cluster aggregate 'Agg35' along with FSR 1315.

Data
πŸ” Search references for NGC 2453 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 99999– 116.896 -27.194 0.22 -2.331 3.444 85.072
Li et al. 2025 116.894 -27.194 0.205 -2.336 3.414 –
Almeida et al. 2025 116.889 -27.189 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 116.902 -27.196 0.219 -2.338 3.434 85.517
Celli et al. 2024 116.894 -27.194 – – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 116.867 -27.183 0.216 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 116.902 -27.196 0.219 -2.338 3.434 85.517
Almeida et al. 2023 116.884 -27.188 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 116.897 -27.191 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 116.899 -27.195 0.233 -2.355 3.42 –
Rain et al. 2021 116.894 -27.194 0.205 -2.336 3.414 –
Dias et al. 2021 116.889 -27.189 0.22 -2.331 3.403 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 116.894 -27.194 0.205 -2.336 3.414 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 116.896 -27.195 – -2.395 3.593 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 116.894 -27.194 0.205 -2.336 3.414 –
Dias et al. 2019 116.896 -27.195 0.224 -2.346 3.43 64.721
Soubiran et al. 2018 116.894 -27.194 – – – 85.52
Bica et al. 2019 116.908 -27.194 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 116.894 -27.194 0.205 -2.336 3.414 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 116.895 -27.194 – -0.696 2.775 33.9
Kharchenko et al. 2016 116.897 -27.191 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 116.896 -27.195 – -1.68 2.84 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 116.902 -27.193 – 2.99 8.5 33.9
Gozha et al. 2012 116.896 -27.195 – – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 116.908 -27.197 – – – –
Ahumada & Lapasset 2007 116.9 -27.2 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 116.896 -27.195 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 116.896 -27.195 – -2.84 2.56 33.94
Dambis 1999 116.896 -27.195 – – – –
Lynga 1987 116.927 -27.243 – – – –
Sulentic et al. 1973 116.932 -27.246 – – – –

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] Bfrac BSS
UCC 99999– 3.84 1.42 2.25 27 -0.151 665 0.6 0
Li et al. 2025 4.45 1.50 – 34 0.054 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 3.84 1.62 – 31 – 674 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 1553(1) – –
Celli et al. 2024 – – – 25 – 720 – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 4.00 1.34 – 186 0.310 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 4.06 1.22 2.25 122 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 3.84 1.65 – 29 -0.151 656(1) 0.60 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 73 – 98 – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 4.27(1) – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 4.27 1.39 – 15 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 3.84 1.62 – 31 -0.171 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 4.49 1.26 – 25 – – – –
Kounkel et al. 2020 3.78 1.36 – 123 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 4.27 – – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2019 3.56 1.20 – 21 -2.028 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 4.27 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 4.27 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.19 1.37 – 18 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.38 2.10 – 73 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.38 2.10 – 73 – – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2012 – – – – – 360 – –
Gozha et al. 2012 2.15 – – 15 – – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 3.46(1) 1.55 – 22 – – – –
Ahumada & Lapasset 2007 – 1.42 – 15 – – – 0
van den Bergh 2006 2.15 1.42 – 15 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 2.15 1.41 – 15 – – – –
Dambis 1999 2.40 1.51 – 3 – – – –
Lynga 1987 1.50 1.45 – 40 – – – –

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

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
OC 0420 13.5 116.9 -27.19 0.22 -2.33 3.44 85.07 0.0

πŸ’‘ Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that NGC 2453 shares with each listed object.

Visualization
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NGC 2453 UCC
NGC 2453 HUNT23
NGC 2453 CANTAT20
Galactocentric position diagram