Platais 2 is a poorly populated, loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close^* distance, well below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the absorption parameter (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 7 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~1.91 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~0.20 kpc).

Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	18.447	32.053	0.524	-3.658	-4.136	-42.563
Bica et al.	2019	18.452	32.032	–	–	–	–
Yen et al.	2018	17.925	32.06	4.8	14.99	-9.99	–
Loktin & Popova	2017	18.465	32.028	–	13.85	-11.29	6.5
Dias et al.	2014	18.458	32.028	–	0.57	-3.29	–
Gozha et al.	2012	18.458	32.028	–	–	–	–
Piskunov et al.	2008	18.244	32.08	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2007	18.46	32.03	–	1.7	–	2.18
Piskunov et al.	2007	18.244	32.08	–	–	–	–
van den Bergh	2006	18.458	32.028	–	–	–	–
Kharchenko et al.	2005	18.25	32.08	–	13.21	-9.98	0.1
Dias et al.	2002	18.458	32.028	–	13.85	-11.29	4.45

💡 Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.