Ruprecht 162 is a sparse, very loose object of very low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large^* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as an intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature, with no articles listed in the last 12 years.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~6.03 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~3.02 kpc).

⚠️ Warning: the low UTI value and no obvious signs of duplication (C_dup=1.0) indicate that this is quite probably an asterism, moving group, or artifact, and not a real open cluster.

Reference	Year	RA [deg]	DEC [deg]	Plx [mas]	pmRA [mas/yr]	pmDE [mas/yr]	Rv [km/s]
UCC	–	163.157	-62.293	0.166	-6.812	3.046	33.711
Dias et al.	2014	163.225	-62.317	–	-1.68	-0.27	-0.3
Dias et al.	2002	163.225	-62.317	–	-1.7	-0.2	-0.3

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