NGC 6659

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UTI:
UCC Trust Index

C_N C_dens C_C3 C_lit C_dup
0.0 0.11 0.25 0.0 1.0
C3
N_50
r_50
CC 24 4.6
Summary

NGC 6659 is a sparse, very loose object of low C3 quality. It is located at a large distance from the Sun, well above the mid-plane. It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 13 years.

Warning: contains less than 25 stars with P>0.5 estimated.

Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (C_dup=1.0) indicates that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 278.535 23.599 – 0.47 -4.76 –
           
UCC 278.561 23.61 0.2 -2.239 -2.633 –
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

NGC 6659 UCC

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.104, distance=1965, log_age=9.43

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Cluster region map