NGC 5593

(MWSC 2217; OCL 926; ESO 175 08; FoF 2345)

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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

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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

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 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 –
Almeida et al. 2025 216.411 -54.786 – – – –
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 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 216.439 -54.783 0.948 -5.826 -2.046 -29.708
Almeida et al. 2023 216.426 -54.801 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 216.394 -54.798 – – – –
He et al. 2022 216.448 -54.777 0.956 -5.81 -2.06 –
Tarricq et al. 2022 216.264 -54.79 0.969 -5.808 -2.056 –
Dias et al. 2021 216.411 -54.786 0.954 -5.821 -2.072 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 216.419 -54.795 0.947 -5.806 -2.078 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 216.419 -54.795 0.947 -5.806 -2.078 –
Liu & Pang 2019 216.389 -54.793 0.944 -5.802 -2.042 –
Bica et al. 2019 216.409 -54.806 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 216.419 -54.795 0.947 -5.806 -2.078 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 216.394 -54.798 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 216.413 -54.798 – -2.82 -1.84 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 216.405 -54.8 – -3.5 -1.72 –
Piskunov et al. 2008 216.387 -54.801 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 216.4 -54.8 – -3.28 -2.08 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 216.46 -54.8 – -3.17 -1.55 –
Dias et al. 2002 216.412 -54.798 – -2.82 -1.84 –

💡 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 – 182 0.346 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 0.99 0.83 – 200 – 267 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 390* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.07 0.75 – 209 0.430 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.00 0.73 0.59 104 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 1.00 0.92 – 198 -0.011 245* 0.59 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 589 – 23 – –
He et al. 2022 – 1.05 – 79 – – – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 1.00 – – 93 – – – –
Dias et al. 2021 0.99 0.83 – 200 0.178 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.03 0.71 – 87 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.02 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 40 0.500 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.02 – – – – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 0.81 0.13 – 589 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 0.81 0.13 – 589 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 0.85 0.00 – 589 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 0.85 0.00 – 589 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.43 0.31 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 0.85 0.00 – 589 – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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