NGC 7788
(Collinder 459; MWSC 3777; OCL 275; FSR 0458)
0.95
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
163
Core radius and density
1.5 [pc], 8.9 [pc-2]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
NGC 7788 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 359.187 | 61.395 | 0.336 | -3.099 | -1.803 | β |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 359.179 | 61.395 | 0.3 | -3.112 | -1.762 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 359.173 | 61.392 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 359.186 | 61.396 | 0.342 | -3.096 | -1.812 | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 359.179 | 61.395 | β | β | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 359.188 | 61.4 | 0.342 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 359.186 | 61.396 | 0.342 | -3.096 | -1.812 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 359.168 | 61.394 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 359.199 | 61.389 | 0.331 | -3.087 | -1.759 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 359.179 | 61.395 | 0.3 | -3.112 | -1.762 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 359.173 | 61.392 | 0.291 | -3.124 | -1.768 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 359.179 | 61.395 | 0.3 | -3.112 | -1.762 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 359.158 | 61.401 | β | -3.006 | -1.671 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 359.179 | 61.395 | 0.3 | -3.112 | -1.762 | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 359.179 | 61.395 | β | β | β | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 359.158 | 61.397 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 359.179 | 61.395 | 0.3 | -3.112 | -1.762 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 359.175 | 61.401 | β | -0.011 | -0.881 | -24.0 |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 359.158 | 61.401 | β | -0.93 | -2.31 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 359.168 | 61.394 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 359.158 | 61.401 | β | -3.15 | -1.41 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 359.176 | 61.397 | β | 0.19 | -2.74 | -24.0 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 359.187 | 61.398 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 359.176 | 61.397 | β | 0.19 | -2.74 | -24.0 |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 359.175 | 61.399 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 359.178 | 61.399 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 359.19 | 61.4 | β | 0.12 | β | -24.0 |
| Ahumada & Lapasset | 2007 | 359.175 | 61.4 | β | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 359.2 | 61.4 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 359.19 | 61.4 | β | 0.29 | -2.36 | -24.0 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 359.19 | 61.4 | β | 0.79 | -2.4 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 359.158 | 61.401 | β | -3.07 | -1.71 | -24.0 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 359.158 | 61.401 | β | β | β | β |
| Lynga | 1987 | 359.182 | 61.389 | β | β | β | β |
| Sulentic et al. | 1973 | 359.191 | 61.389 | β | β | β | β |
π‘ 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 | 99999β | 2.635 | 1.54 | 0.37 | 30 | 0.068 | 710 | β | 2 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.58 | 1.62 | β | 24 | 0.053 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.69 | 1.71 | β | 18 | β | 783 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 2.83 | 1.55 | 0.37 | 20 | β | 839(1) | β | β |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | 17 | β | 941 | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.69 | 1.44 | β | 39 | 0.350 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.83 | 1.55 | 0.37 | 20 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 30 | β | 42 | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 3.05(1) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 3.04 | 1.64 | β | 18 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.69 | 1.71 | β | 18 | 0.083 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.98 | 1.42 | β | 17 | β | β | β | β |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 3.04 | 1.68 | β | 48 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.04 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 3.19 | 1.63 | β | 19 | 0.000 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.04 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.42 | 0.90 | β | 37 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.20 | 1.54 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.20 | 1.54 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2012 | β | β | β | β | β | 637 | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.37 | β | β | 39 | β | 513 | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 2.20 | 1.54 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 2.44(1) | 1.29 | β | 45 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 2.37 | 1.51 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Ahumada & Lapasset | 2007 | β | 0.88 | β | 39 | β | β | β | 3 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.37 | 0.88 | β | 39 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 2.37 | 1.51 | β | 30 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 2.37 | 0.88 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.75 | 1.55 | β | 158 | β | β | β | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 2.29 | 1.68 | β | 10 | β | β | β | β |
| Lynga | 1987 | 2.41 | 0.85 | β | 16 | β | β | β | β |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.2374, e_all=0.1338.
Rain et al. (2021)
This cluster was include in (Dias et al., 2002A&A...389..871D, Cat. B/ocl) however, parameters log(t)=7.269, Av=1.627, [Fe/H]=0.00 were taken from Bossini et al. (2019A&A...623A.108B, Cat. J/A+A/623/A108).
Piecka & Paunzen (2021)
Belongs to cluster aggregate 'Agg11' along with Berkeley 58 and NGC 7790.
Ahumada & Lapasset (2007)
Probability memberships according to (1984, Special Issue (Shangai)): star 10, 62%; star 102, 54%; star 108, 61%.