Ruprecht 26

(MWSC 1285; OCL 602; FSR 1244; FoF 380; LP 380; FoF 2326)

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0.90 UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 12.2 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.76 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Ruprecht 26 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, above the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Young

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.

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 – 114.294 -15.581 0.904 -3.24 0.119 16.062
Li et al. 2025 114.271 -15.587 0.923 -3.2 0.071 –
Almeida et al. 2025 114.256 -15.574 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 114.254 -15.591 0.894 -3.236 0.132 17.665
Cavallo et al. 2024 114.275 -15.561 0.898 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 114.254 -15.591 0.894 -3.236 0.132 17.665
Just et al. 2023 114.286 -15.658 – – – –
He et al. 2022 114.281 -15.577 0.908 -3.233 0.122 –
Dias et al. 2021 114.256 -15.574 0.921 -3.207 0.057 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 114.271 -15.587 0.923 -3.2 0.071 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 114.296 -15.663 – -1.14 2.77 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 114.271 -15.587 0.923 -3.2 0.071 –
Liu & Pang 2019 114.294 -15.67 0.421 -1.298 2.795 –
Soubiran et al. 2018 114.271 -15.587 – – – 13.19
Bica et al. 2019 114.292 -15.642 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 114.271 -15.587 0.923 -3.2 0.071 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 114.3 -15.663 – -1.092 0.934 17.8
Kharchenko et al. 2016 114.286 -15.658 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 114.296 -15.663 – -1.51 1.25 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 114.292 -15.66 – -2.6 -0.15 17.8
Gozha et al. 2012 114.296 -15.663 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 114.297 -15.65 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 114.3 -15.65 – 0.2 – 15.0
Piskunov et al. 2007 114.297 -15.65 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 114.3 -15.65 – -3.38 -1.34 15.0
Kharchenko et al. 2003 114.27 -15.66 – -2.26 -1.4 –
Dias et al. 2002 114.296 -15.663 – -1.51 1.25 15.0

πŸ’‘ 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 1.00 0.40 – 26 -0.145 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.03 0.48 – 45 – 227 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 333* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.07 0.57 – 19 -0.240 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.06 0.21 0.99 30 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 63 – 194 – –
He et al. 2022 – 0.25 – 18 – – – –
Dias et al. 2021 1.03 0.48 – 45 -0.100 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.08 0.27 – 32 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.05 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 759 -0.250 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 1.05 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.05 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 2.58 0.46 – 832 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.46 0.81 – 63 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.46 0.81 – 63 0.313 – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.25 – – 398 – 380 – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.44 0.31 – 31 – 369* – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 1.44 0.31 – 31 – 82 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.44 0.31 – 31 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.25 0.31 – – – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.82 1.08 – 398 0.313 – – –

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

Visualization

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