NGC 6996

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UTI:
UCC Trust Index

C_N C_dens C_C3 C_lit C_dup
1.0 1.0 0.75 0.42 1.0
C3
N_50
r_50
AB 526 10.8
Summary

NGC 6996 is a very rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. It is located at a close distance from the Sun, near the mid-plane. It is poorly studied in the literature.

This object shares a large percentage of members with at least one entry reported in the same catalogue.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Dias et al. (2002) 314.125 44.633 – -2.9 -8.4 –
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 314.129 44.622 1.136 -4.286 -6.928 -18.664
Cavallo et al. (2024) 314.179 44.63 1.136 – – –
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 314.129 44.622 1.136 -4.286 -6.928 -18.664
Hu & Soubiran (2025) 314.179 44.63 – – – –
           
UCC 314.154 44.62 1.13 -4.296 -6.933 -20.114
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

NGC 6996 UCC
NGC 6996 HUNT23

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=0.52, Dist=760.0, Age=8.54
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=1.981, diffAV50=2.634, MOD50=9.629, logAge50=8.503
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=1.88, dMod50=9.71, logAge50=8.76, [Fe/H]50=0.37
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=1634.47, MassTot=1640.40
Hu & Soubiran (2025) MA22=-0.17, MA23f=-0.06, MA23g=0.07, MZ23=-0.15, MK24=-0.04, MF24=-0.16

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Cluster region map

Objects with shared members

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
NGC 6997 99.6 314.16 44.63 1.13 -4.29 -6.93 -20.01 0.9