Ruprecht 68

(VDBH 49; OCL 729; vdBergh-Hagen 49; ESO 371 12; FSR 1384; MWSC 1547; FoF 592)

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C3
N_50
r_50
AA 663 4.9
Summary

Ruprecht 68 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. It is located at a moderate distance from the Sun, above the mid-plane. It is very well-studied in the literature.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Dias et al. (2002) 131.146 -35.9 -5.78 2.6
Glushkova et al. (2010) 131.144 -35.9
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 131.148 -35.885 -8.19 8.66
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) 131.147 -35.9 0.301 -2.619 5.61
Bica et al. (2019) 131.151 -35.903
Soubiran et al. (2018) 131.147 -35.9 50.62
Liu & Pang (2019) 131.157 -35.901 0.309 -2.612 5.59
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) 131.147 -35.9 0.301 -2.619 5.61
Dias et al. (2021) 131.155 -35.901 0.301 -2.618 5.591 51.023
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 131.138 -35.898 0.335 -2.608 5.662 52.162
Cavallo et al. (2024) 131.152 -35.898 0.334
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 131.138 -35.898 0.335 -2.608 5.662 52.162
Almeida et al. (2025) 131.155 -35.901
Hu & Soubiran (2025) 131.152 -35.898
           
UCC 131.146 -35.9 0.329 -2.619 5.652 50.578
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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=0.39, Dist=1990.0, Age=9.15
Glushkova et al. (2010) E(B-V)=0.39, Dist=1990.0, Age=9.15
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=0.333, distance=2181, log_age=9.35
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2018) dmode=3026.7
Soubiran et al. (2018) dmode=3026.7
Liu & Pang (2019) Age=2.51, Z=-0.25
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) AVNN=1.09, DistPc=3040.0, AgeNN=9.26
Dias et al. (2021) Av=1.019, Dist=2541, logage=9.363, [Fe/H]=0.13
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=1.002, diffAV50=0.381, MOD50=12.159, logAge50=9.212
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=1.22, dMod50=12.03, logAge50=9.26, [Fe/H]50=0.03
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=2877.08, MassTot=2929.44
Almeida et al. (2025) AV=1.019, Dist=2541, logAge=9.363, MassRk=1836.2
Hu & Soubiran (2025) MA22=-0.14, MA23f=-0.34, MA23g=-0.22, MZ23=-0.31, MK24=-0.29, MF24=-0.23

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