Teutsch 2
(MWSC 638)
0.88
UTI
0.8
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.62
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
2.9 [arcmin]
- CN 0.8 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.62 Intermediate quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Teutsch 2 is a rich, very dense object of intermediate 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 metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Distant
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | β | 85.344 | 39.238 | 0.201 | 0.499 | -1.41 | 5.849 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 85.342 | 39.237 | 0.167 | 0.533 | -1.366 | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 85.338 | 39.241 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 85.352 | 39.236 | β | β | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 85.343 | 39.238 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 85.343 | 39.238 | 0.185 | 0.489 | -1.434 | 2.875 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 85.338 | 39.241 | 0.186 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 85.343 | 39.238 | 0.185 | 0.489 | -1.434 | 2.875 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 85.34 | 39.238 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 85.352 | 39.236 | 0.147 | 0.544 | -1.381 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 85.342 | 39.237 | 0.167 | 0.533 | -1.366 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 85.342 | 39.236 | β | 0.723 | -1.584 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 85.342 | 39.237 | 0.167 | 0.533 | -1.366 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 85.342 | 39.237 | 0.167 | 0.533 | -1.366 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 85.34 | 39.238 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 85.342 | 39.236 | β | -0.74 | -0.38 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 85.35 | 39.238 | β | -2.15 | -0.01 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 85.35 | 39.238 | β | -2.15 | -0.01 | β |
| Kronberger et al. | 2006 | 85.341 | 39.241 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 85.342 | 39.236 | β | -0.74 | -0.38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 4.97 | 1.79 | β | 679 | 0.248 | β | β | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.260* | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.93 | 1.83 | β | 836 | β | 435 | β | β |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | β | β | β | β | -0.322* | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 1005* | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.93 | 1.64 | β | 1148 | -0.050 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.37 | 1.39 | 1.61 | 1114 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 891 | β | 206 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.93 | 1.83 | β | 836 | -0.106 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.81 | 1.20 | β | 1585 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 5.11 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 5.11 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 3.60 | 1.71 | β | 891 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 3.60 | 1.71 | β | 891 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 3.60 | 1.71 | β | 891 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 3.61 | 1.49 | β | 891 | β | β | β | β |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.