Trumpler 17
(MWSC 1870)
0.96
UTI
0.82
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.82 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Trumpler 17 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 164.111 | -59.229 | 0.382 | -4.665 | 2.221 | -1.284 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 164.103 | -59.227 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 164.108 | -59.229 | 0.389 | -4.676 | 2.219 | 5.38 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 164.108 | -59.23 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 164.114 | -59.224 | 0.389 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 164.108 | -59.229 | 0.389 | -4.676 | 2.219 | 5.38 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 164.108 | -59.219 | â | â | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 164.109 | -59.234 | 0.404 | -4.638 | 2.204 | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 164.108 | -59.23 | 0.375 | -4.631 | 2.216 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 164.103 | -59.227 | 0.384 | -4.611 | 2.228 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 164.108 | -59.23 | 0.375 | -4.631 | 2.216 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 164.108 | -59.23 | 0.375 | -4.631 | 2.216 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 164.108 | -59.23 | â | â | â | 105.27 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 164.108 | -59.23 | 0.375 | -4.631 | 2.216 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 164.1 | -59.223 | â | -1.085 | 2.904 | 25.5 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 164.108 | -59.219 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 164.1 | -59.2 | â | -0.11 | 0.86 | 30.93 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 164.115 | -59.223 | â | -1.3 | 4.13 | 25.5 |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 164.085 | -59.195 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 164.1 | -59.2 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 164.1 | -59.2 | â | -2.2 | 5.7 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 164.13 | -59.21 | â | -2.56 | 3.69 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 164.1 | -59.2 | â | -69.59 | 2.88 | 30.93 |
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 | 2.25 | 2.03 | â | 25 | â | 616 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 2055* | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 20 | â | 1001 | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.63 | 2.10 | â | 50 | 0.370 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.36 | 1.94 | 2.61 | 52 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 60 | â | 232 | â | â |
| Jaehnig et al. | 2021 | 2.47* | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.47 | 1.86 | â | 50 | â | â | â | 0 |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.25 | 2.03 | â | 25 | 0.040 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.70 | 1.84 | â | 20 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.47 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.47 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.47 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 2.21 | 1.87 | â | 53 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.19 | 1.81 | â | 60 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.19 | 1.81 | â | 60 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 2.19 | 1.86 | â | 32 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.19 | 1.86 | â | 51 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 2.19 | 1.86 | â | 32 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 2.17 | 1.86 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.19 | 1.88 | â | 51 | â | â | â | â |
(*): 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.