NGC 358 is a poorly populated, very loose object of very low 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 (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 6 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~3.17 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.05 kpc).

⚠️ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (C_dup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	16.302	61.992	0.316	-2.104	0.42	-60.127
Donor et al.	2020	16.296	62.022	–	-0.88	-0.59	-71.0
Loktin & Popova	2017	16.29	62.022	–	-0.81	-3.607	–
Dias et al.	2014	16.296	62.022	–	-4.56	2.72	–
Dias et al.	2002	16.296	62.022	–	-4.56	2.72	–

💡 Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.