Ruprecht 34
(Berkeley 38; MWSC 1330; OCL 628; ESO 560 10)
0.85
UTI
0.75
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.5
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
2.3 [arcmin]
- CN 0.75 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.5 Intermediate quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Ruprecht 34 is a rich, very dense object of intermediate 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, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Low 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 | β | 116.483 | -20.386 | 0.351 | -2.15 | 1.031 | 46.392 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 116.478 | -20.386 | 0.357 | -2.129 | 1.044 | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 116.472 | -20.388 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 116.482 | -20.385 | 0.35 | -2.176 | 1.042 | 46.375 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 116.479 | -20.388 | 0.351 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 116.482 | -20.385 | 0.35 | -2.176 | 1.042 | 46.375 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 116.475 | -20.389 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 116.481 | -20.383 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 116.472 | -20.388 | 0.391 | -2.145 | 1.05 | 46.496 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 116.478 | -20.386 | 0.357 | -2.129 | 1.044 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 116.483 | -20.39 | β | -2.294 | 0.935 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 116.478 | -20.386 | 0.357 | -2.129 | 1.044 | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 116.478 | -20.386 | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 116.478 | -20.386 | β | β | β | 46.44 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 116.46 | -20.365 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 116.478 | -20.386 | 0.357 | -2.129 | 1.044 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 116.481 | -20.383 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 116.483 | -20.39 | β | -3.01 | 0.82 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 116.487 | -20.385 | β | -4.87 | 0.6 | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 116.471 | -20.383 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 116.47 | -20.38 | β | -2.73 | -2.1 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 116.47 | -20.39 | β | -3.04 | -2.33 | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 116.483 | -20.39 | β | -3.01 | 0.82 | β |
π‘ 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 | 2.53 | 1.02 | β | 224 | -0.144 | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.52 | 0.98 | β | 408 | β | 306 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 340* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.49 | 0.80 | β | 324 | 0.130 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.52 | 0.80 | 0.89 | 395 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 2.49 | 1.10 | β | 219 | -0.095 | 374* | 0.48 | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 1259 | β | 21 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.52 | 0.98 | β | 408 | -0.100 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.52 | 0.49 | β | 457 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.59 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 2.31 | 0.36 | β | 733 | 0.000 | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.59 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.59 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.89 | 0.45 | β | 1259 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.89 | 0.45 | β | 1259 | β | β | β | β |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.80 | 0.31 | β | 794 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.80 | 0.31 | β | 794 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.00 | 0.31 | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.63 | 0.00 | β | 1000 | β | β | β | β |
(*): 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.