Saurer 3
(MWSC 1839)
0.76
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.65
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
1.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.76 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.65 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Saurer 3 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a large distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a very massive, near-solar metallicity, old cluster (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Very distant
Moderate extinction
Very massive
Near-solar metallicity
Old
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 160.354 | -55.29 | 0.142 | -6.682 | 3.263 | 39.802 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 160.394 | -55.303 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 160.348 | -55.288 | 0.108 | -6.681 | 3.262 | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 160.394 | -55.303 | 0.13 | β | β | β |
| He et al. | 2023 | 160.351 | -55.29 | 0.135 | -6.668 | 3.259 | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 160.348 | -55.288 | 0.108 | -6.681 | 3.262 | β |
| Perren et al. | 2022 | 160.375 | -55.3 | β | β | β | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 160.354 | -55.306 | β | -6.836 | 3.34 | β |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 160.339 | -55.288 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 160.354 | -55.306 | β | -6.73 | -1.62 | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 160.375 | -55.3 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 160.354 | -55.306 | β | -6.73 | -1.62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.330* | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 626* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 10.23 | 1.91 | β | 2138 | -0.100 | β | β | β |
| He et al. | 2023 | 6.76 | 2.30 | β | 2512 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 5.65 | 2.47 | 1.56 | 1033 | β | β | β | β |
| Perren et al. | 2022 | 6.14 | 2.20 | β | 6457 | 0.020 | 14000 | 0.86 | β |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 8.83 | 1.92 | β | 2818 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 9.55 | 2.36 | β | 1995 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.