NGC 5606

(fsr 1681; MWSC 2218)

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0.95 UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
C3 classification AA
Number of members (P>50%) 117
Radius (P>50% members) 4.5 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.76 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 πŸ” CDS πŸ” Simbad πŸ” CDS (Ξ±, Ξ΄) πŸ” Simbad (Ξ±, Ξ΄)

Overview
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NGC 5606 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.

Note: This object shares a small percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Relatively close Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Very young

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

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data
πŸ” Search references for NGC 5606 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 – 216.945 -59.632 0.398 -4.921 -2.877 -41.412
Li et al. 2025 216.946 -59.632 0.374 -4.88 -2.897 –
Almeida et al. 2025 216.952 -59.633 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 216.956 -59.63 0.389 -4.992 -2.892 -54.014
Celli et al. 2024 216.946 -59.632 – – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 216.959 -59.633 0.392 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 216.956 -59.63 0.389 -4.992 -2.892 -54.014
Just et al. 2023 216.933 -59.628 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 216.938 -59.635 0.412 -4.869 -2.874 –
Rain et al. 2021 216.946 -59.632 0.374 -4.88 -2.897 –
Dias et al. 2021 216.952 -59.633 0.381 -4.881 -2.897 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 216.946 -59.632 0.374 -4.88 -2.897 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 216.946 -59.632 – -4.886 -3.209 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 216.946 -59.632 0.374 -4.88 -2.897 –
Bica et al. 2019 217.174 -59.763 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 216.946 -59.632 0.374 -4.88 -2.897 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 216.945 -59.632 – -2.973 -5.844 -38.3
Kharchenko et al. 2016 216.933 -59.628 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 216.946 -59.632 – -3.5 -5.11 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 216.945 -59.63 – -2.9 -2.83 -38.3
Gozha et al. 2012 216.946 -59.632 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 216.94 -59.626 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 216.94 -59.63 – 0.2 – -38.33
Froebrich et al. 2007 217.167 -59.759 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 216.946 -59.64 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 216.94 -59.63 – -4.78 -3.26 -38.33
Kharchenko et al. 2003 216.94 -59.63 – -1.55 -0.03 –
Chen et al. 2003 217.05 -59.604 – -5.19 -4.6 -37.1
Dias et al. 2002 216.946 -59.632 – -5.19 -4.6 -37.75
Dambis 1999 216.946 -59.64 – – – –

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] Bfr BSS
Li et al. 2025 2.11 1.67 – 9 -0.071 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 2.34 1.70 – 10 – 310 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 1104* – –
Celli et al. 2024 – – – 18 – 308 – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.85 1.64 – 10 -0.160 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.30 1.75 1.67 12 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 22 – 263 – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 2.42* – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 2.48 1.46 – 12 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 2.34 1.70 – 10 0.143 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 2.49 1.69 – 18 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 2.48 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 2.48 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 1.80 1.46 – 12 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.14 1.42 – 22 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.14 1.42 – 22 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.80 – – 12 0.090 4266 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.80 1.46 – 7 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 1.80 1.46 – 12 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.80 1.46 – 7 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.80 1.40 – – – – – –
Chen et al. 2003 1.80 – – 10 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.80 1.47 – 12 – – – –
Dambis 1999 1.80 1.53 – 10 – – – –

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

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
OC 0612 23.1 216.95 -59.63 0.41 -4.88 -2.89 -119.27 0.0

πŸ’‘ Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that NGC 5606 shares with each listed object.

Visualization
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NGC 5606 UCC
NGC 5606 HUNT23
NGC 5606 CANTAT20
Galactocentric position diagram