Stephenson 2

(RSGC 2; BDB 14; MWSC 2969)

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C3
N_50
r_50
BC 19 3.8
Summary

Stephenson 2 is a sparse, very loose object of low C3 quality. It is located at a large distance from the Sun, near the mid-plane. It is poorly studied in the literature.

Warning: contains less than 25 stars with P>0.5 estimated.

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Positions

Reference RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv
Dias et al. (2002) 279.921 -6.028 -0.44 0.8
Kharchenko et al. (2012) 279.915 -6.03 2.69 -7.0
Bica et al. (2019) 279.823 -6.034
He et al. (2023) 279.941 -6.095 0.307 -0.99 -1.913 217.63
           
UCC 279.87 -6.025 0.199 -2.383 -4.063 44.171
Galactocentric position Galactocentric position diagram

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Estimated members

Stephenson 2 UCC

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Fundamental parameters

Reference Values
Dias et al. (2002) E(B-V)=1.2, Dist=5900.0, Age=7.3
Kharchenko et al. (2012) e_bv=3.227, distance=1128, log_age=6.0
He et al. (2023) A0=5.15, m-M=13.05, logA=6.8

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