Ruprecht 168

(MWSC 2732; OCL 7; ESO 456 03)

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0.23 UTI
0.0
CN
0.0
Cdens
0.25
CC3
0.44
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 8.5 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.0 Sparse
  • Cdens 0.0 Very loose
  • CC3 0.25 Low quality
  • Clit 0.44 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Ruprecht 168 is a sparse, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very large* distance, below the mid-plane, affected by very high extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~10.63 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~2.63 kpc).

Relatively close Very high extinction Old

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 268.211 -28.436 0.094 -4.622 -5.787 –
He et al. 2023 268.167 -28.457 0.313 -1.254 -2.579 -6.46
Just et al. 2023 268.199 -28.44 – – – –
Bica et al. 2019 268.182 -28.438 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 268.199 -28.44 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 268.192 -28.433 – -0.68 -2.23 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 268.207 -28.44 – -2.05 -3.45 –
Dias et al. 2002 268.192 -28.433 – -0.68 -2.23 –

💡 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
He et al. 2023 4.27 3.90 – 5 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 1259 – 144 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 2.63 6.78 – 1259 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 2.63 6.78 – 1259 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 2.63 6.78 – 1259 – – – –

Visualization

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