NGC 5359 is a sparse, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate^* distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 7 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~4.82 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~2.50 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	–	210.124	-70.392	0.208	-7.288	-4.043	–
Bica et al.	2019	210.036	-70.391	–	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2014	210.037	-70.392	–	-3.48	-3.06	–
Piskunov et al.	2008	210.0	-70.384	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2005	210.03	-70.39	–	-5.75	-1.55	–

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