Stock 4

(MWSC 147)

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0.90 UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members) 9.9 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.76 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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Stock 4 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Low extinction Near-solar metallicity Intermediate age

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 28.016 57.054 0.73 -1.092 0.303 -32.005
Li et al. 2025 28.039 57.055 0.729 -1.115 0.341 –
Almeida et al. 2025 28.06 57.049 – – – –
Zhang et al. 2024 28.012 57.056 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 28.012 57.056 0.728 -1.076 0.285 -39.003
Cavallo et al. 2024 28.021 57.056 0.73 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 28.012 57.056 0.728 -1.076 0.285 -39.003
Almeida et al. 2023 28.065 57.063 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 28.272 57.008 – – – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 28.063 57.054 0.721 -1.081 0.303 –
Dias et al. 2021 28.06 57.049 0.727 -1.13 0.334 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 28.039 57.055 0.729 -1.115 0.341 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 28.039 57.055 0.729 -1.115 0.341 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 28.039 57.055 0.729 -1.115 0.341 –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 28.272 57.008 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 28.2 57.067 – 0.55 -2.23 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 28.282 57.01 – 0.93 0.49 –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 28.282 57.01 – 0.93 0.49 –
Piskunov et al. 2008 28.235 57.065 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 28.235 57.065 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 28.24 57.07 – 1.47 1.18 –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 28.23 57.07 – 2.89 -0.44 –

💡 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
Li et al. 2025 1.29 0.75 – 77 -0.049 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.28 0.84 – 66 – 258 – –
Zhang et al. 2024 – – – – -0.123* – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 475* – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.39 0.68 – 145 0.190 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.29 0.62 0.51 108 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 1.28 0.73 – 189 -0.230 415* 0.81 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 398 – 31 – –
Tarricq et al. 2022 1.28 – – 76 – – – –
Dias et al. 2021 1.28 0.84 – 66 0.024 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.32 0.56 – 71 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.32 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.32 – – – – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 0.90 0.16 – 398 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 0.90 0.16 – 398 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 0.90 0.16 – 398 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 1.20 0.31 – 501 – 281* – –
Piskunov et al. 2007 1.20 0.31 – 501 – 93 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 1.20 0.31 – 501 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 1.54 0.62 – – – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

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