Ruprecht 174
(MWSC 3405; OCL 176; C 2041+368; FSR 0216; FoF 70)
0.95
UTI
0.77
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.7 [arcmin]
- CN 0.77 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Ruprecht 174 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below 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 and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 310.848 | 37.029 | 0.391 | -3.153 | -4.716 | -5.918 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 310.856 | 37.031 | 0.398 | -3.154 | -4.675 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 310.858 | 37.023 | â | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 310.861 | 37.031 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 310.861 | 37.031 | 0.39 | -3.145 | -4.705 | 40.831 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 310.854 | 37.021 | 0.395 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 310.861 | 37.031 | 0.39 | -3.145 | -4.705 | 40.831 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 310.851 | 37.009 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 310.858 | 37.023 | 0.405 | -3.152 | -4.672 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 310.856 | 37.031 | 0.398 | -3.154 | -4.675 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 310.856 | 37.031 | 0.398 | -3.154 | -4.675 | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | 310.855 | 37.016 | 0.397 | -3.152 | -4.677 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 310.856 | 37.031 | â | â | â | -12.89 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 310.871 | 36.879 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 310.856 | 37.031 | 0.398 | -3.154 | -4.675 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 310.875 | 37.024 | â | -2.73 | -4.49 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 310.851 | 37.009 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 310.879 | 37.024 | â | -2.73 | -4.49 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 310.855 | 37.012 | â | -2.3 | -2.66 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 310.879 | 37.024 | â | -2.73 | -4.49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.00 | 1.89 | â | 410 | -0.141 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.07 | 1.96 | â | 323 | â | 522 | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | 0.239* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1078* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.24 | 2.12 | â | 240 | 0.220 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.36 | 1.89 | 1.27 | 254 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 794 | â | 125 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.07 | 1.96 | â | 323 | -0.031 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.37 | 1.43 | â | 479 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.34 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Liu & Pang | 2019 | â | â | â | 692 | 0.250 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.34 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.34 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.60 | 1.35 | â | 676 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.82 | 1.00 | â | 794 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.82 | 1.00 | â | 794 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.11 | 0.99 | â | 794 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.