Sigma Orionis

(Sigma Ori)

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C3
N_50
r_50
AA 48 5.1
Summary

Sigma Orionis is a poorly populated, very dense object of very high C3 quality. It is located at a very close distance from the Sun, below the mid-plane. It is well-studied in the literature.

This object shares a large percentage of members with 2 later reported entries.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Kharchenko et al. (2003) 84.7 -2.6 4.43 -1.52
Kharchenko et al. (2005) 84.67 -2.61 3.42 -0.2 29.45
Kharchenko et al. (2007) 84.67 -2.6 0.4 29.45
Piskunov et al. (2008) 84.667 -2.614
Loktin & Popova (2017) 84.675 -2.6 1.731 0.467 29.4
Donor et al. (2020) 84.675 -2.6 1.23 -0.46 30.7
Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020) 84.716 -2.582 2.48 1.577 -0.512
Dias et al. (2021) 84.758 -2.594 2.479 1.59 -0.568 -13.802
He et al. (2022) 84.675 -2.602 2.495 1.545 -0.485
Hunt & Reffert (2023) 84.71 -2.61 2.5 1.48 -0.61 24.974
Cavallo et al. (2024) 84.72 -2.615 2.497
Celli et al. (2024) 84.716 -2.582
Hunt & Reffert (2024) 84.71 -2.61 2.5 1.48 -0.61 24.974
Zhang et al. (2024) 84.71 -2.61
Almeida et al. (2025) 84.758 -2.594
           
UCC 84.697 -2.593 2.498 1.487 -0.576 28.993
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Kharchenko et al. (2003) E(B-V)=0.05, Dist=363
Kharchenko et al. (2005) E(B-V)=0.05, Dist=399, logt=6.82
Piskunov et al. (2008) E(B-V)=0.05, Dist=399, logt=6.82, logMA=1.878
Loktin & Popova (2017) E(B-V)=0.17, Dist=473, logt=6.83
Donor et al. (2020) Fe/H=-0.15
Dias et al. (2021) Av=0.166, Dist=303, logage=6.997, [Fe/H]=-0.092
He et al. (2022) A0=0.15, logAge=6.5
Hunt & Reffert (2023) AV50=0.902, diffAV50=2.249, MOD50=7.907, logAge50=6.572
Cavallo et al. (2024) AV50=1.19, dMod50=8.06, logAge50=6.63, [Fe/H]50=0.09
Celli et al. (2024) Age=1.3, Mc=113.4
Hunt & Reffert (2024) MassJ=81.3549, MassTot=81.2919
Zhang et al. (2024) [Fe/H]ANN=-0.3147, [Fe/H]MCMC=-0.3126
Almeida et al. (2025) AV=0.166, Dist=303, logAge=6.997, MassRk=109.2

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Cluster region map

Objects with shared members

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
UBC 205 100.0 84.71 -2.6 2.5 1.54 -0.57 29.45 0.16
OCSN 262 97.9 84.7 -2.6 2.5 1.49 -0.6 28.99 0.01