NGC 281

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UTI:
UCC Trust Index

C_N C_dens C_C3 C_lit C_dup
0.83 1.0 0.75 0.0 0.23
C3
N_50
r_50
AB 301 3.0
Summary

NGC 281 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. It is located at a moderate distance from the Sun, below the mid-plane. It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 22 years.

Warning: This is likely a duplicate object, which shares a large percentage of members with at least one previously reported entry.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Kharchenko et al. (2003) 13.24 56.63 – -0.96 -1.72 –
           
UCC 13.218 56.629 0.33 -2.362 -1.496 -67.201
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

NGC 281 UCC

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Kharchenko et al. (2003) E(B-V)=0.25, Dist=1430

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Cluster region map

Objects with shared members

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
IC 1590 77.4 13.22 56.63 0.34 -2.36 -1.49 -73.17 0.83