NGC 6334
0.56
UTI
0.56
CN
0.87
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.31
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
7.3 [arcmin]
- CN 0.56 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.87 Dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.31 Poorly studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 6334 is a moderately populated, dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, very young cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a moderate percentage of members with 2 later reported entries. See table with shared members information.
Relatively close
High extinction
Massive
Near-solar metallicity
Very young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 260.044 | -36.052 | 0.561 | 0.146 | -1.747 | -29.568 |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 259.951 | -36.085 | 0.565 | 0.132 | -1.781 | 0.778 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 260.043 | -35.956 | 0.565 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 259.951 | -36.085 | 0.565 | 0.132 | -1.781 | 0.778 |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 260.204 | -36.103 | â | -1.32 | -0.58 | -7.17 |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 260.204 | -36.103 | â | -1.32 | -0.58 | -7.17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1546* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.69 | 3.91 | â | 12 | 0.340 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.70 | 4.23 | 2.99 | 12 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.02 | 3.29 | â | 501 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Bronze sample.