Stock 18
(MWSC 4)
0.66
UTI
0.34
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.61
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
34
Core radius and density
0.7 [pc], 9.4 [pc-2]
- CN 0.34 Poorly populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.61 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Stock 18 is a poorly populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 0.404 | 64.627 | 0.325 | -2.668 | -0.64 | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 0.404 | 64.624 | 0.324 | -2.679 | -0.685 | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 0.399 | 64.625 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.404 | 64.629 | 0.326 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.404 | 64.624 | 0.324 | -2.679 | -0.685 | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 0.388 | 64.622 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.399 | 64.625 | 0.294 | -2.692 | -0.587 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.399 | 64.625 | 0.294 | -2.692 | -0.587 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 0.399 | 64.625 | â | â | â | -66.81 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 0.399 | 64.625 | 0.294 | -2.692 | -0.587 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 0.405 | 64.624 | â | -4.298 | -4.763 | â |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 0.404 | 64.625 | â | -2.47 | 0.42 | â |
| Joshi et al. | 2016 | 0.397 | 64.625 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.388 | 64.622 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 0.404 | 64.625 | â | -2.78 | -0.15 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.397 | 64.625 | â | -3.59 | -1.15 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 0.397 | 64.625 | â | -3.41 | -1.17 | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 0.4 | 64.623 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 0.404 | 64.625 | â | -2.78 | -0.15 | â |
| Lynga | 1987 | 0.411 | 64.638 | â | â | â | 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 2.49 | 1.795 | 1.76 | 126 | 0.320 | 196 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 2.84 | 2.06 | 1.76 | 5 | â | 358(1) | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 13 | â | 245 | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.49 | 1.65 | â | 13 | 0.320 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.84 | 2.06 | 1.76 | 5 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 479 | â | 3 | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.86 | 1.94 | â | 13 | â | â | â | â |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 2.93 | 2.43 | â | 71 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 3.10 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 3.10 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 3.10 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.06 | 1.13 | â | 380 | â | â | â | â |
| Joshi et al. | 2016 | 0.77 | 0.56 | â | 479 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 0.77 | 0.56 | â | 479 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 0.77 | 0.56 | â | 479 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2012 | â | â | â | â | â | 148 | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 0.75 | 0.32 | â | 653 | â | â | â | â |
| Bukowiecki et al. | 2011 | 1.25(1) | 2.18 | â | 126 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.24 | 2.24 | â | 126 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Cavallo et al. (2024)
Bronze sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD classes: 0.92 (50th percentile), false positive? (human-assigned).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD classes: 0.92 (50th percentile), false positive? (human-assigned).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.0267, e_all=0.0895.