Ruprecht 167
(OCL 917; ESO 133 13; MWSC 2211)
0.62
UTI
0.64
CN
0.31
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.71
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
78
Core radius and density
2.4 [pc], 1.6 [pc-2]
- CN 0.64 Moderately populated
- Cdens 0.31 Loose
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.71 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Ruprecht 167 is a moderately populated, loose object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 215.163 | -58.864 | 0.621 | -8.218 | -4.8 | -29.71 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 215.15 | -58.858 | 0.613 | -8.205 | -4.838 | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 215.141 | -58.856 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 215.155 | -58.864 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 215.106 | -58.871 | 0.614 | -8.231 | -4.784 | -32.472 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 215.141 | -58.856 | 0.617 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 215.106 | -58.871 | 0.614 | -8.231 | -4.784 | -32.472 |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 215.15 | -58.858 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 215.155 | -58.864 | 0.609 | -8.184 | -4.838 | -28.847 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 215.15 | -58.858 | 0.613 | -8.205 | -4.838 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 215.15 | -58.858 | 0.613 | -8.205 | -4.838 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 215.15 | -58.858 | â | â | â | -28.64 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 214.587 | -58.94 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 215.15 | -58.858 | 0.613 | -8.205 | -4.838 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | â | â | â | -5.49 | -2.73 | â |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 214.593 | -58.988 | â | â | â | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 214.546 | -58.967 | â | -6.14 | -6.45 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 214.546 | -58.967 | â | -6.17 | -6.55 | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 214.526 | -58.972 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 214.526 | -58.972 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 214.54 | -58.97 | â | -6.9 | -3.88 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 214.56 | -58.97 | â | -5.76 | -4.01 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 214.546 | -58.967 | â | -6.17 | -6.55 | â |
| Lynga | 1987 | 214.545 | -58.969 | â | â | â | â |
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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 1.585 | 1.39 | 1.52 | 372 | 0.276 | 524 | â | 0 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 1.65 | 1.36 | â | 470 | 0.360 | â | â | â |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.250(5) | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 1.47 | 1.64 | â | 340 | â | 327 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 1.53 | 1.63 | 1.52 | 305 | â | 547(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.51 | 1.35 | â | 676 | 0.500 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.53 | 1.62 | 1.52 | 305 | â | â | â | â |
| Jadhav & Subramaniam | 2021 | 1.65 | 1.42 | â | 537 | â | 524 | â | 0(1) |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 1.47 | 1.64 | â | 340 | 0.192 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 1.65 | 1.42 | â | 537 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 1.76 | 1.83 | â | 138 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 1.56 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 1.56 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 1.56 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dib et al. | 2018 | 1.61 | â | â | 18 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 2.00 | 0.32 | â | 372 | â | 828(1) | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2007 | 2.00 | 0.32 | â | 372 | â | 157 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 2.00 | 0.32 | â | 372 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.25 | 0.32 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.00 | 0.32 | â | 372 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.08 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.08 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.221, e_all=0.1609.