NGC 5593
(MWSC 2217; OCL 926; ESO 175 08; FoF 2345)
0.95
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
8.3 [arcmin]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 5593 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, above the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Low extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 216.4 | -54.795 | 0.956 | -5.815 | -2.049 | -31.016 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 216.419 | -54.795 | 0.947 | -5.806 | -2.078 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 216.411 | -54.786 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 216.439 | -54.783 | 0.948 | -5.826 | -2.046 | -29.708 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 216.388 | -54.79 | 0.95 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 216.439 | -54.783 | 0.948 | -5.826 | -2.046 | -29.708 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 216.426 | -54.801 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 216.394 | -54.798 | â | â | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | 216.448 | -54.777 | 0.956 | -5.81 | -2.06 | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 216.264 | -54.79 | 0.969 | -5.808 | -2.056 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 216.411 | -54.786 | 0.954 | -5.821 | -2.072 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 216.419 | -54.795 | 0.947 | -5.806 | -2.078 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 216.419 | -54.795 | 0.947 | -5.806 | -2.078 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 216.389 | -54.793 | 0.944 | -5.802 | -2.042 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 216.409 | -54.806 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 216.419 | -54.795 | 0.947 | -5.806 | -2.078 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 216.394 | -54.798 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 216.413 | -54.798 | â | -2.82 | -1.84 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 216.405 | -54.8 | â | -3.5 | -1.72 | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 216.387 | -54.801 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 216.4 | -54.8 | â | -3.28 | -2.08 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 216.46 | -54.8 | â | -3.17 | -1.55 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 216.412 | -54.798 | â | -2.82 | -1.84 | â |
đĄ 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.07 | 0.68 | â | 182 | 0.346 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 0.99 | 0.83 | â | 200 | â | 267 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 390* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.07 | 0.75 | â | 209 | 0.430 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.00 | 0.73 | 0.59 | 104 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 1.00 | 0.92 | â | 198 | -0.011 | 245* | 0.59 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 589 | â | 23 | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | â | 1.05 | â | 79 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 1.00 | â | â | 93 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 0.99 | 0.83 | â | 200 | 0.178 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.03 | 0.71 | â | 87 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.02 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 40 | 0.500 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.02 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.81 | 0.13 | â | 589 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.81 | 0.13 | â | 589 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.85 | 0.00 | â | 589 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.85 | 0.00 | â | 589 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.43 | 0.31 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.85 | 0.00 | â | 589 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.