Pismis 15
(VDBH 74; MWSC 1690; OCL 773; vdBergh-Hagen 74; ESO 212 10; FSR 1480; FoF 394)
0.96
UTI
0.81
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.81 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Pismis 15 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, old cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Old
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 143.686 | -48.048 | 0.406 | -5.265 | 3.355 | 34.813 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 143.684 | -48.04 | 0.354 | -5.302 | 3.329 | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 143.656 | -48.032 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 143.684 | -48.046 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 143.688 | -48.04 | 0.41 | -5.26 | 3.385 | 32.168 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 143.656 | -48.032 | 0.409 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 143.688 | -48.04 | 0.41 | -5.26 | 3.385 | 32.168 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 143.682 | -48.046 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 143.683 | -48.027 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 143.684 | -48.046 | 0.355 | -5.313 | 3.328 | 36.123 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 143.684 | -48.04 | 0.354 | -5.302 | 3.329 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 143.688 | -48.033 | β | -5.318 | 3.329 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 143.684 | -48.04 | 0.354 | -5.302 | 3.329 | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 143.678 | -48.045 | 0.359 | -5.316 | 3.357 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 143.684 | -48.04 | β | β | β | 36.28 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 143.675 | -48.038 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 143.684 | -48.04 | 0.354 | -5.302 | 3.329 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 143.683 | -48.027 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 143.688 | -48.033 | β | -4.67 | 4.9 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 143.688 | -48.03 | β | -6.83 | 6.38 | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 143.688 | -48.033 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 143.688 | -48.033 | β | -4.67 | 4.9 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.12 | 2.27 | β | 1152 | -0.055 | β | β | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | 0.080* | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.87 | 1.56 | β | 1811 | β | 474 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 1527* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.36 | 2.51 | β | 537 | 0.170 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.25 | 2.19 | 1.58 | 449 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.09 | 2.18 | β | 1233 | -0.042 | 554* | 0.63 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1245 | β | 638 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.87 | 1.56 | β | 1811 | 0.456 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.56 | 1.89 | β | 871 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.61 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | β | β | β | 1020 | 0.500 | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.61 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.61 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.56 | 1.55 | β | 1245 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.56 | 1.55 | β | 1245 | -0.400 | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.90 | β | β | 1288 | -0.400 | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.90 | 1.64 | β | 1288 | -0.380 | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.