Pickard 226

0.03 UTI

0.0

C_N

0.02

C_dens

0.12

C_C3

0.0

C_lit

0.96

C_dup

N₅₀ (P>50% members) 15

Stellar density (N₅₀/rad) 0.1 [N/pc²]

C3 classification DC

C_N 0.0 Sparse
C_dens 0.02 Very loose
C_C3 0.12 Very low quality
C_lit 0.0 Rarely studied
C_dup 0.96 Unique

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Overview

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Pickard 226 is a sparse, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large^* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~6.37 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~4.23 kpc).

Note: This is a unique object, which shares a very small percentage of members with at least one previously reported entry. See table with shared members information.

⚠️ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (C_dup=0.96) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Distant Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Young

Data

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Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	99999–	131.821	-47.55	0.157	-2.994	3.425	88.974
Dias et al.	2026	131.843	-47.572	0.159	-3.009	3.402	82.437

💡 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]	B_frac	BSS
UCC	99999–	4.23	2.16	–	29	-0.120	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2026	4.23	2.16	–	29	-0.120	–	–	–

Cluster	%	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv	UTI
CKCWDM 6594	4.0	132.04	-47.48	0.11	-2.9	3.22	170.27	0.06

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that Pickard 226 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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