Rho Oph

0.38 UTI

0.25

C_N

1.0

C_dens

0.62

C_C3

0.0

C_lit

1.0

C_dup

N₅₀ (P>50% members) 25

Stellar density (N₅₀/rad) 176.1 [N/pc²]

C3 classification AC

C_N 0.25 Poorly populated
C_dens 1.0 Very dense
C_C3 0.62 Intermediate quality
C_lit 0.0 Rarely studied
C_dup 1.0 Unique

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Overview

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Rho Oph is a poorly populated, very dense object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very close distance, above the mid-plane. It is catalogued as a cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 23 years.

Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with 2 later reported entries. See table with shared members information.

Very close

Lada & Lada (2003)
Embedded cluster within ∼2 Kpc of the Sun.

Data

🔍 Search references for Rho Oph in: SciX Simbad

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Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	99999–	246.769	-24.654	7.256	-6.466	-26.022	-8.147
Lada & Lada	2003	246.757	-24.611	–	–	–	–

💡 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]	B_frac	BSS
UCC	99999–	0.12	–	–	–	–	53	–	–
Lada & Lada	2003	0.12	–	–	–	–	53	–	–

Cluster	%	RA	DEC	Plx	pmRA	pmDE	Rv	UTI
OCSN 245	100.0	246.4	-24.04	7.2	-7.05	-25.65	-7.74	0.53
HSC 2919	88.0	246.54	-24.02	7.21	-6.81	-25.98	-8.44	0.0

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that Rho Oph shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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