Pismis 20
(MWSC 2281)
0.96
UTI
0.79
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
27.8 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.79 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Pismis 20 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, very young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 228.855 | -59.072 | 0.301 | -3.897 | -2.905 | -7.66 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 228.844 | -59.08 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 228.853 | -59.071 | 0.302 | -3.957 | -2.942 | -19.54 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 228.811 | -59.121 | 0.303 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 228.853 | -59.071 | 0.302 | -3.957 | -2.942 | -19.54 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 228.834 | -59.065 | β | β | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 228.845 | -59.069 | 0.331 | -3.862 | -2.906 | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 228.848 | -59.073 | 0.291 | -3.831 | -2.911 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 228.844 | -59.08 | 0.289 | -3.834 | -2.9 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 228.848 | -59.073 | 0.291 | -3.831 | -2.911 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 228.846 | -59.067 | β | -3.684 | -2.714 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 228.848 | -59.073 | 0.291 | -3.831 | -2.911 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 228.848 | -59.073 | β | β | β | -76.71 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 228.848 | -59.073 | 0.291 | -3.831 | -2.911 | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 228.84 | -59.068 | β | -4.502 | -6.286 | -69.6 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 228.834 | -59.065 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 228.846 | -59.067 | β | -5.33 | -5.57 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 228.846 | -59.067 | β | -2.7 | -0.38 | -69.6 |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 228.846 | -59.067 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 228.96 | -59.38 | β | 0.0 | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 228.85 | -59.067 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 228.846 | -59.067 | β | -5.3 | -5.62 | -49.0 |
| Dambis | 1999 | 228.846 | -59.067 | 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 | 2.97 | 3.65 | 3.06 | 7 | 0.155 | 1170 | β | 0.0 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.97 | 3.25 | β | 7 | β | 1170 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 3995(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.84 | 3.76 | β | 17 | 0.520 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.03 | 3.85 | 3.06 | 22 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 32 | β | 80 | β | β |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 3.10(1) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 3.13 | 3.97 | β | 7 | β | β | β | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.97 | 3.25 | β | 7 | 0.155 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.13 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 3.13 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.13 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.03 | 3.65 | β | 7 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.50 | 3.55 | β | 32 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.50 | 3.55 | β | 32 | β | β | β | β |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 2.02 | β | β | 7 | 0.030 | β | β | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.02 | 3.66 | β | 7 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 3.27 | 3.97 | β | 7 | β | β | β | β |
| Dambis | 1999 | 2.64 | 3.63 | β | 3 | 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: intermediate fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Silver sample.