Ruprecht 24

(MWSC 1257)

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0.70 UTI
0.28
CN
0.99
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.75
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 4.0 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.28 Poorly populated
  • Cdens 0.99 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 0.75 Well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Ruprecht 24 is a poorly populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 112.988 -12.77 0.49 -0.71 0.45 40.991
Li et al. 2025 112.964 -12.785 0.483 -0.781 0.462 –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 112.968 -12.773 0.479 -0.721 0.448 30.961
Cavallo et al. 2024 113.029 -12.771 0.487 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 112.968 -12.773 0.479 -0.721 0.448 30.961
Just et al. 2023 112.973 -12.762 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 112.964 -12.785 0.483 -0.781 0.462 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 112.964 -12.785 0.483 -0.781 0.462 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 112.964 -12.785 0.483 -0.781 0.462 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 112.98 -12.795 – 0.047 2.351 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 112.973 -12.762 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 112.971 -12.764 – 0.42 0.97 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 112.98 -12.765 – 1.03 1.56 –
Dias et al. 2002 112.971 -12.764 – 0.42 0.97 –

💡 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 1.86 0.70 – 183 -0.130 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 208* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.95 0.53 – 398 0.100 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.00 0.27 0.70 167 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 447 – 79 – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.95 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.95 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 3.38 0.83 – 138 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.71 0.39 – 447 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.71 0.39 – 447 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.98 1.08 – 60 – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

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