Platais 9
(MWSC 1639; OCSN 252)
0.96
UTI
0.78
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
90.5 [arcmin]
- CN 0.78 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Platais 9 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the absorption parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a moderate percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.
Very close
Low extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 138.821 | -43.85 | 5.391 | -24.274 | 13.269 | 16.115 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 139.241 | -43.862 | 5.463 | -24.705 | 13.333 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 139.421 | -44.161 | â | â | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 139.383 | -43.61 | 5.423 | -24.585 | 13.34 | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 138.321 | -43.558 | 5.448 | -24.559 | 13.301 | 15.01 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 139.139 | -43.888 | 5.461 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 138.321 | -43.558 | 5.448 | -24.559 | 13.301 | 15.01 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 139.401 | -43.896 | â | â | â | â |
| Qin et al. | 2023 | 139.35 | -43.5 | 5.71 | -26.0 | 13.4 | 16.44 |
| He et al. | 2022 | 138.689 | -44.006 | 5.369 | -24.156 | 13.126 | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 138.374 | -43.542 | 5.38 | -24.208 | 13.242 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 139.421 | -44.161 | 5.458 | -24.699 | 13.272 | 16.849 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 139.241 | -43.862 | 5.463 | -24.705 | 13.333 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 139.241 | -43.862 | 5.463 | -24.705 | 13.333 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 139.241 | -43.862 | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 139.241 | -43.862 | â | â | â | 17.02 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 139.241 | -43.862 | 5.463 | -24.705 | 13.333 | â |
| Yen et al. | 2018 | 137.641 | -43.885 | 5.89 | -24.62 | 12.91 | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 138.446 | -43.74 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 138.536 | -44.139 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2007 | 138.45 | -43.74 | â | 3.3 | â | 17.83 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 138.536 | -44.139 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 138.446 | -43.74 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 138.54 | -44.14 | â | -24.53 | 12.01 | 17.83 |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 138.446 | -43.74 | â | -24.13 | 13.32 | 17.83 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 0.20 | 0.06 | â | 76 | 0.048 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 0.18 | 0.14 | â | 55 | â | 80 | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 0.17 | 0.00 | â | 47 | -0.025 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 62* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.19 | 0.61 | â | 65 | 0.190 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 37 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 0.19 | 0.25 | â | 69 | -0.005 | 136* | 0.24 | â |
| Qin et al. | 2023 | 0.20 | 0.22 | â | 50 | â | â | â | â |
| He et al. | 2022 | â | 0.35 | â | 63 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 0.17 | â | â | 50 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 0.18 | 0.14 | â | 55 | -0.025 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.17 | 0.00 | â | 50 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 0.16 | 0.00 | â | 78 | 0.000 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 0.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 0.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Yen et al. | 2018 | 0.19 | 0.02 | â | 123 | â | â | â | â |
| Gozha et al. | 2012 | 0.17 | â | â | 100 | â | 2754 | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.20 | 0.00 | â | 123 | â | 1644* | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 0.20 | 0.00 | â | 123 | â | 1180 | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 0.17 | â | â | 100 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.20 | 0.00 | â | 123 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.17 | â | â | 100 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


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