NGC 4349

(Melotte 110; Collinder 255; VDBH 130; MWSC 2024; OCL 882; vdBergh-Hagen 130; ESO 131 03; FSR 1614; FoF 422)

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1.0 UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%) 944
Core radius and density 0.7 [pc], 22 [pc-2]
C3 classification AA
  • CN 1.0 Very 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 4349 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Palma et al. (2025)
Part of multiple system G249, along with Theia_7490 and UBC_284.

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).

Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).

Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.1749, e_all=0.0371.

Rain et al. (2021)
This cluster was include in (Dias et al., 2002A&A...389..871D, Cat. B/ocl) however, parameters log(t)=8.451, Av=1.161, [Fe/H]=-0.070 were taken from Bossini et al. (2019A&A...623A.108B, Cat. J/A+A/623/A108).

Ahumada & Lapasset (2007)
Adopted cluster centre: star 151 (1961AN....286..105L). The apparent cluster diameter is from (1970PDDO....4....1H). In (1982A&A...109...37M) star 131 = DM-61 3143 is cited as a blue straggler.

Data
πŸ” Search references for NGC 4349 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– 186.056 -61.863 0.519 -7.845 -0.264 -12.561
Li et al. 2025 186.048 -61.866 0.49 -7.827 -0.296 –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 186.062 -61.863 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 186.047 -61.869 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 186.055 -61.864 0.524 -7.841 -0.258 -14.223
Cavallo et al. 2024 186.062 -61.863 0.525 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 186.055 -61.864 0.524 -7.841 -0.258 -14.223
Just et al. 2023 186.051 -61.866 – – – –
Jadhav & Subramaniam 2021 186.048 -61.866 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 186.058 -61.862 0.529 -7.832 -0.304 –
Netopil et al. 2022 186.033 -61.871 – – – -11.94
Rain et al. 2021 186.048 -61.866 0.49 -7.827 -0.296 –
Dias et al. 2021 186.047 -61.869 0.491 -7.825 -0.298 -11.773
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 186.048 -61.866 0.49 -7.827 -0.296 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 186.033 -61.872 – -7.828 -0.292 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 186.048 -61.866 0.49 -7.827 -0.296 –
Liu & Pang 2019 186.055 -61.858 0.493 -7.787 -0.249 –
Bossini et al. 2019 186.048 -61.866 – – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 186.048 -61.866 – – – -11.46
Bica et al. 2019 186.033 -61.881 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 186.048 -61.866 0.49 -7.827 -0.296 –
Dias et al. 2018 – – – -7.54 -0.7 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 186.03 -61.872 – -12.378 -4.928 -15.0
Sampedro et al. 2017 186.033 -61.872 – -1.77 -0.35 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 186.051 -61.866 – – – –
Netopil et al. 2016 186.033 -61.872 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 186.033 -61.872 – -1.9 -0.16 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 186.06 -61.87 – -9.57 -1.75 -15.0
Gozha et al. 2012 186.033 -61.872 – – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 186.0 -61.842 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 186.058 -61.862 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 186.03 -61.87 – 0.22 – -15.69
Piskunov et al. 2007 186.058 -61.862 – – – –
Ahumada & Lapasset 2007 186.025 -61.867 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 186.05 -61.867 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 186.06 -61.87 – -6.41 0.33 -15.69
Kharchenko et al. 2003 186.07 -61.88 – -6.31 0.67 –
Chen et al. 2003 186.011 -61.88 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 186.033 -61.872 – -5.77 1.44 -11.87
Lynga 1987 186.138 -61.887 – – – –
van den Bergh & Hagen 1975 185.425 -61.617 – – – –
Sulentic et al. 1973 186.047 -61.889 – – – –

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– 1.93 1.2 0.57 282 -0.120 1420 – 0
Li et al. 2025 1.61 1.04 – 600 -0.150 – – –
Hu & Soubiran 2025 – – – – -0.300(5) – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.66 1.30 – 342 – 767 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 1.79 0.86 0.57 352 – 4106(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.55 1.24 – 525 -0.190 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.79 0.86 0.57 352 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 257 – 1186 – –
Jadhav & Subramaniam 2021 1.92 1.01 – 316 – 652 – 0(1)
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.88(1) – – – – – – –
Netopil et al. 2022 1.99(1) – – 282 -0.090(1) – – –
Rain et al. 2021 1.93 1.17 – 282 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 1.66 1.30 – 342 -0.034 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.92 1.01 – 316 – – – –
Kounkel et al. 2020 1.88 1.18 – 309 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.93 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 977 -2.000 – – –
Bossini et al. 2019 1.99 1.16 – 282 -0.070 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 1.93 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.93 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.18 1.20 – 212 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.15 1.41 – 257 – – – –
Netopil et al. 2016 7.30 – – 330 -0.070(2) – – –
Heiter et al. 2014 – – – – -0.070 – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.15 1.41 – 257 0.105 – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2012 – – – – – 1654 – –
Gozha et al. 2012 2.18 – – 207 -0.120 4365 – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 1.43(1) 0.54 – 708 – – – –
Paunzen et al. 2010 – – – – -0.130 – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 2.18 1.20 – 209 – 3776(1) – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 2.18 1.20 – 209 – 637 – –
Ahumada & Lapasset 2007 – 1.20 – 209 – – – 1
van den Bergh 2006 2.18 1.20 – 209 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 2.18 1.20 – 209 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 2.18 1.20 – – – – – –
Chen et al. 2003 2.18 1.21 – 200 -0.120(1) – – –
Dias et al. 2002 2.18 1.21 – 207 -0.120 – – –
Lynga 1987 1.70 0.73 – 224 – – – –

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

Visualization
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NGC 4349 UCC
NGC 4349 HUNT23
NGC 4349 CANTAT20
Galactocentric position diagram