NGC 6481
0.07
UTI
0.25
CN
0.09
Cdens
0.0
CC3
0.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
6.4 [arcmin]
- CN 0.25 Poorly populated
- Cdens 0.09 Very loose
- CC3 0.0 Very low quality
- Clit 0.0 Rarely studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 6481 is a poorly populated, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, well above the mid-plane. It is catalogued as a low-mass, old cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 7 years.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~4.11 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.51 kpc).
â ī¸ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (Cdup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.
Relatively close
Low mass
Old
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 268.176 | 4.154 | 0.243 | -5.652 | -6.103 | â |
| Angelo et al. | 2019 | 268.2 | 4.168 | â | â | â | â |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo et al. | 2019 | 1.51 | â | â | 2240 | â | 8 | â | â |
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)
Flagged as non-existent. Proposed members show no coherent proper motion or parallax distribution in Gaia DR2. More details in Appendix A of the article.