Platais 6
(HIP 29713 Group; MWSC 821)
0.30
UTI
0.0
CN
0.07
Cdens
0.25
CC3
0.6
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
120.1 [arcmin]
- CN 0.0 Sparse
- Cdens 0.07 Very loose
- CC3 0.25 Low quality
- Clit 0.6 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Platais 6 is a sparse, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Very close
Low extinction
Massive
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 94.102 | 2.929 | 4.275 | -0.844 | -12.875 | 31.861 |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 94.896 | 5.301 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 95.039 | 1.5 | 4.406 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 94.896 | 5.301 | 4.407 | -1.096 | -12.679 | 29.134 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 93.855 | 3.852 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 93.858 | 3.845 | â | -0.45 | -2.6 | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 93.858 | 3.845 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 93.854 | 3.919 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 93.85 | 3.85 | â | 1.57 | â | 13.1 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 93.858 | 3.845 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 93.85 | 3.92 | â | -4.45 | -4.27 | 26.0 |
đĄ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | 0.098* | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.23 | 0.22 | â | 22 | -0.040 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.57 | 48 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 0.35 | â | â | 60 | â | 2455 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.35 | 0.00 | â | 62 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 0.35 | â | â | 60 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.35 | 0.00 | â | 62 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as a moving group.