NGC 281

0.53 UTI

0.83

C_N

1.0

C_dens

0.75

C_C3

0.03

C_lit

1.0

C_dup

N₅₀ (P>50% members) 301

Stellar density (N₅₀/rad) 43.1 [N/pc²]

C3 classification AB

C_N 0.83 Rich
C_dens 1.0 Very dense
C_C3 0.75 High quality
C_lit 0.03 Rarely studied
C_dup 1.0 Unique

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Overview

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NGC 281 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate^* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 23 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~3.03 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.43 kpc).

Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with 3 later reported entries. See table with shared members information.

Relatively close Low extinction

Data

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Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	99999–	13.218	56.629	0.33	-2.362	-1.496	-67.201
Kharchenko et al.	2003	13.24	56.63	–	-0.96	-1.72	–
Lynga	1987	13.217	56.631	–	–	–	–
Sulentic et al.	1973	13.218	56.619	–	–	–	–

💡 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]	B_frac	BSS
UCC	99999–	1.43	0.79	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2003	1.43	0.79	–	–	–	–	–	–

Cluster	%	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv	UTI
IC 1590	77.4	13.22	56.63	0.34	-2.36	-1.49	-73.17	0.05
NGC 281-west	30.2	13.19	56.62	0.34	-2.38	-1.51	-73.41	0.01
NGC 281-east	1.3	13.53	56.58	0.35	-2.77	-0.86	–	0.13

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that NGC 281 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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