NGC 6334

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0.56 UTI
0.56
CN
0.87
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.3
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 4.3 [N/pc2]
  • CN 0.56 Moderately populated
  • Cdens 0.87 Dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 0.3 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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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 8 later reported entries. See table with shared members information.

Palma et al. (2025)
Part of multiple system G17, along with HSC_2897, Bochum_13 and CWNU_1832.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Bronze sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 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 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 259.951 -36.085 0.565 0.132 -1.781 0.778
Dias et al. 2014 260.204 -36.103 – -1.32 -0.58 -7.17
Dias et al. 2002 260.204 -36.103 – -1.32 -0.58 -7.17

💡 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] Bfrac BSS
UCC 99999– 1.69 3.91 2.99 12 0.340 1546 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 1546(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.69 3.91 – 12 0.340 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.70 4.23 2.99 12 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.02 3.29 – 501 – – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
NGC 6334 V 43.5 259.99 -35.96 0.54 -0.15 -1.71 -55.76 0.32
OC 0685 32.3 259.95 -36.08 0.54 -0.0 -1.6 -35.4 0.1
NGC 6334 IV 27.4 260.05 -35.91 0.59 -0.05 -1.9 -14.06 0.42
BDSB 98 21.0 260.0 -35.93 0.56 -0.19 -1.82 -14.06 0.33
OC 0686 19.4 260.15 -35.91 0.58 0.17 -1.62 234.35 0.17
NGC 6334 III 4.8 260.09 -35.9 0.58 -0.24 -1.71 – 0.23
BDSB 99 3.2 259.78 -35.72 0.55 -0.05 -1.56 -26.71 0.35
BDSB 97 1.6 260.0 -35.96 0.59 -0.29 -2.24 71.96 0.32

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that NGC 6334 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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