NGC 6856

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C3
N_50
r_50
BC 17 8.4
Summary

NGC 6856 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 poorly studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 8 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
Dias et al. (2002) 299.821 56.13 -2.85 -6.54
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 299.822 56.117 -0.68 -3.55
Loktin & Popova (2017) 299.82 56.13 -2.959 -1.478
           
UCC 299.844 56.131 0.168 -2.51 -3.056 -125.239
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

NGC 6856 UCC

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=0.16, Dist=1704.0, Age=9.26
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.312, distance=1202, log_age=9.01
Loktin & Popova (2017) E(B-V)=0.165, Dist=4225, logt=9.04

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Cluster region map