NGC 6334 III

(BDB2003 G351.31+00.66)

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0.23 UTI
0.0
CN
0.66
Cdens
0.62
CC3
0.0
Clit
0.88
Cdup
N50 (P>50% members) 19
Stellar density (N50/rad) 3.3 [N/pc2]
C3 classification AC
  • CN 0.0 Sparse
  • Cdens 0.66 Moderately dense
  • CC3 0.62 Intermediate quality
  • Clit 0.0 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 0.88 Very likely unique
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Overview
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NGC 6334 III is a sparse, moderately dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane. It is catalogued as a cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 13 years.

Note: This is very likely a unique object, which shares a small percentage of members with at least one previously reported entry, and a large percentage with at least one entry reported in the same catalogue. See table with shared members information.

⚠ī¸ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (Cdup=0.88) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Morales et al. (2013)
Classified as morphological type 'EC2' (partially embedded cluster). Morphological flag: cluster partially embedded, presence of emission related to PAH or warm dust.

Data
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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 260.088 -35.9 0.58 -0.243 -1.707 –
Morales et al. 2013 260.133 -35.858 – – – –

💡 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– 1.74 – – – – – – –
Morales et al. 2013 1.74 – – – – – – –
Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
NGC 6334 IV 84.0 260.05 -35.91 0.59 -0.05 -1.9 -14.06 0.42
NGC 6334 V 68.0 259.99 -35.96 0.54 -0.15 -1.71 -55.76 0.32
BDSB 98 64.0 260.0 -35.93 0.56 -0.19 -1.82 -14.06 0.33
OC 0685 16.0 259.95 -36.08 0.54 -0.0 -1.6 -35.4 0.1
NGC 6334 12.0 260.04 -36.05 0.56 0.15 -1.75 -29.57 0.56
OC 0686 12.0 260.15 -35.91 0.58 0.17 -1.62 234.35 0.17
BDSB 97 4.0 260.0 -35.96 0.59 -0.29 -2.24 71.96 0.32
BDSB 99 4.0 259.78 -35.72 0.55 -0.05 -1.56 -26.71 0.35

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

Visualization
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NGC 6334 III UCC
Galactocentric position diagram