NGC 6950

(MWSC 3394)

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0.13 UTI
0.0
CN
0.02
Cdens
0.25
CC3
0.19
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Core radius and density 3.6 [pc], 0.1 [pc-2]
  • CN 0.0 Sparse
  • Cdens 0.02 Very loose
  • CC3 0.25 Low quality
  • Clit 0.19 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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NGC 6950 is a sparse, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate* distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 7 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~4.02 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.38 kpc).

âš 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.

Bica et al. (2019)
Original NGC and IC catalogues at Vizier: NGC 2000.0, Sky Publishing, ed. Sinnott 1988 (1997yCat.7118....0S).

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 310.308 16.62 0.249 -2.418 -2.447 –
Bica et al. 2019 310.288 16.643 – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 310.26 16.618 – 0.134 -1.534 –
Sampedro et al. 2017 310.267 16.618 – -1.73 -2.25 –
Tadross 2014 310.267 16.618 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 310.267 16.618 – -1.77 -3.62 –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 310.262 16.584 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 310.267 16.618 – -1.77 -3.62 –

💡 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– 1.38 0.495 – 1412 – 160 – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 4.01 0.80 – 1023 – – – –
Tadross 2014 1.07 0.19 – 1800 – – – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2012 – – – – – 160 – –
Bukowiecki et al. 2011 1.69(1) 1.77 – 316 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.07 0.19 – 1820 – – – –

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

Visualization

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