Ruprecht 17
(MWSC 1202)
0.32
UTI
0.26
CN
0.1
Cdens
0.25
CC3
0.5
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
21.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.26 Poorly populated
- Cdens 0.1 Very loose
- CC3 0.25 Low quality
- Clit 0.5 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Ruprecht 17 is a poorly populated, very loose object of low C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a low-mass, metal-rich, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the absorption parameter (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Low extinction
Low mass
Metal-rich
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 110.992 | -23.247 | 0.867 | -4.062 | 3.78 | 41.908 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 110.947 | -23.232 | 0.849 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 110.827 | -23.24 | 0.846 | -4.147 | 3.788 | 32.506 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 110.901 | -23.183 | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 110.895 | -23.187 | â | -3.096 | 3.561 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 110.901 | -23.183 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 110.9 | -23.183 | â | -2.93 | 5.08 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 110.907 | -23.185 | â | -3.99 | 3.73 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 110.9 | -23.183 | â | -2.93 | 5.08 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.12 | 0.00 | â | 288 | 0.550 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 1.14 | 0.14 | 0.95 | 110 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 211 | â | 41 | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.68 | 0.58 | â | 1096 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.26 | 0.90 | â | 211 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.26 | 0.90 | â | 211 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.26 | 0.90 | â | 211 | â | â | â | â |


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as a moving group.