Ruprecht 65
(OCL 750; ESO 259 15; MWSC 1522)
0.83
UTI
0.75
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.82
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.9 [arcmin]
- CN 0.75 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.82 Well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Ruprecht 65 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object shares a large percentage of members with a later reported entry. See table with shared members information.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 129.817 | -44.05 | 0.441 | -4.754 | 4.294 | â |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 129.838 | -44.041 | 0.412 | -4.746 | 4.245 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 129.856 | -44.019 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 129.834 | -44.058 | 0.438 | -4.754 | 4.291 | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 129.838 | -44.041 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 129.812 | -44.038 | 0.437 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 129.834 | -44.058 | 0.438 | -4.754 | 4.291 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 129.856 | -44.019 | 0.404 | -4.757 | 4.244 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 129.838 | -44.041 | 0.412 | -4.746 | 4.245 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 129.838 | -44.041 | 0.412 | -4.746 | 4.245 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 129.813 | -44.046 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 129.817 | -44.05 | â | -0.51 | 1.79 | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 129.802 | -44.052 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 129.81 | -44.05 | â | -7.37 | 4.16 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 129.79 | -44.03 | â | -6.08 | 1.98 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 129.817 | -44.05 | â | -0.51 | 1.79 | 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 | 2.01 | 1.60 | â | 36 | 0.047 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.02 | 1.68 | â | 45 | â | 191 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 576* | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 23 | â | 237 | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.11 | 1.71 | â | 51 | 0.340 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.11 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 38 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.02 | 1.68 | â | 45 | 0.089 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.41 | 1.71 | â | 23 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.27 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 0.50 | 0.22 | â | 372 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 0.50 | 0.22 | â | 372 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 0.66 | 0.16 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.50 | 0.22 | â | 372 | 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. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.