Pickard 78

0.11 UTI

0.0

C_N

0.05

C_dens

0.62

C_C3

0.0

C_lit

0.84

C_dup

N₅₀ (P>50% members) 20

Stellar density (N₅₀/rad) 0.3 [N/pc²]

C3 classification AC

C_N 0.0 Sparse
C_dens 0.05 Very loose
C_C3 0.62 Intermediate quality
C_lit 0.0 Rarely studied
C_dup 0.84 Very likely unique

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Overview

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Pickard 78 is a sparse, very loose object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, above the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.

Note: This is very likely a unique object, which shares a 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=0.84) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Distant Low 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–	119.043	-25.699	0.186	-2.341	2.776	–
Dias et al.	2026	119.043	-25.711	0.196	-2.36	2.763	–

💡 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–	4.3	0.85	–	31	-0.207	–	–	–
Dias et al.	2026	4.30	0.85	–	31	-0.207	–	–	–

Cluster	%	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv	UTI
UBC 465	16.0	118.84	-25.42	0.19	-2.4	2.68	–	0.15

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that Pickard 78 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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