Teutsch 66
(MWSC 1688; DSH J0933.4-5223)
0.80
UTI
0.6
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.82
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
1.5 [arcmin]
- CN 0.6 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 0.82 Well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Teutsch 66 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by high extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Distant
High 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 | â | 143.373 | -52.38 | 0.218 | -4.189 | 3.15 | 23.151 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 143.364 | -52.393 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 143.376 | -52.381 | 0.215 | -4.174 | 3.143 | 24.017 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 143.366 | -52.405 | 0.216 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 143.376 | -52.381 | 0.215 | -4.174 | 3.143 | 24.017 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 143.391 | -52.371 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 143.364 | -52.393 | 0.192 | -4.148 | 3.176 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 143.368 | -52.381 | 0.191 | -4.152 | 3.184 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 143.368 | -52.381 | 0.191 | -4.152 | 3.184 | â |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 143.364 | -52.385 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 143.368 | -52.381 | 0.191 | -4.152 | 3.184 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 143.391 | -52.371 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 143.375 | -52.381 | â | -7.22 | 3.63 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 143.397 | -52.375 | â | -7.89 | 6.31 | â |
| Kronberger et al. | 2006 | 143.369 | -52.386 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 143.375 | -52.381 | â | -7.22 | 3.63 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.94 | 2.88 | â | 348 | â | 258 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1242* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 4.53 | 3.60 | â | 138 | -0.050 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 4.25 | 3.08 | 2.24 | 240 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 155 | â | 497 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.94 | 2.88 | â | 348 | 0.437 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.09 | 2.89 | â | 295 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.54 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.54 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 4.63 | 3.56 | â | 155 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 4.63 | 3.56 | â | 155 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 5.51 | 3.56 | â | 200 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: invalid due to poor quality CMD. Isochrone match: worst fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.