SAI 81
(MWSC 1362)
0.86
UTI
0.8
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.86
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
4.0 [arcmin]
- CN 0.8 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.86 Well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
SAI 81 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 massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Distant
Moderate extinction
Massive
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 118.024 | -28.122 | 0.222 | -1.997 | 2.953 | 93.794 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 118.028 | -28.127 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 118.036 | -28.126 | 0.224 | -2.002 | 2.957 | 54.967 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 118.031 | -28.132 | 0.228 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 118.036 | -28.126 | 0.224 | -2.002 | 2.957 | 54.967 |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 118.034 | -28.125 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 118.023 | -28.115 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 118.028 | -28.127 | 0.214 | -2.001 | 2.948 | 53.251 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 118.036 | -28.12 | 0.21 | -2.003 | 2.944 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 118.036 | -28.12 | 0.21 | -2.003 | 2.944 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 118.023 | -28.121 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 118.036 | -28.12 | 0.21 | -2.003 | 2.944 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 118.023 | -28.115 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 118.029 | -28.122 | â | -2.81 | 1.47 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 118.029 | -28.117 | â | 1.45 | 5.16 | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 118.03 | -28.122 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 118.029 | -28.122 | â | -2.81 | 1.47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.61 | 1.81 | â | 232 | â | 515 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1326* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.89 | 1.83 | â | 224 | 0.340 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.78 | 1.65 | 1.85 | 193 | â | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2023 | 3.53 | 1.89 | â | 233 | -0.086 | 849* | 0.65 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 135 | â | 1227 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.61 | 1.81 | â | 232 | -0.066 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.66 | 1.53 | â | 162 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.18 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 5.17 | 2.26 | â | 135 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 5.17 | 2.26 | â | 135 | â | â | â | â |
| Glushkova et al. | 2010 | 2.77 | 1.24 | â | 1585 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.77 | 1.24 | â | 1585 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.