Trumpler 17
(MWSC 1870)
0.90
UTI
0.82
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.84
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Nm (P>50%)
284
Core radius and density
1.9 [pc], 8.6 [pc-2]
- CN 0.82 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.84 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 metallicity and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is well-studied in the literature.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 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 |
| Dias et al. | 2018 | â | â | â | -4.97 | 1.67 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 164.1 | -59.223 | â | -1.085 | 2.904 | 25.5 |
| Sampedro et al. | 2017 | 164.1 | -59.2 | â | 0.28 | 0.24 | â |
| 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 |
| Ahumada & Lapasset | 2007 | 164.1 | -59.2 | 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 |
| Lynga | 1987 | 164.068 | -59.213 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh & Hagen | 1975 | 163.55 | -58.95 | 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 | 2.25 | 1.895 | 2.61 | 51 | 0.205 | 808 | â | 0 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.25 | 2.03 | â | 25 | â | 616 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 2.36 | 1.94 | 2.61 | 52 | â | 2055(1) | 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(1) | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Rain et al. | 2021 | 2.47 | 1.89 | 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 |
| Kounkel et al. | 2020 | 2.68 | 1.86 | â | 117 | 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 | 1.90 | â | 53 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.19 | 1.84 | â | 60 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.19 | 1.84 | â | 60 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 2.19 | 1.89 | â | 32 | â | â | â | â |
| Ahumada & Lapasset | 2007 | â | 1.92 | â | 51 | â | â | â | 0 |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 2.19 | 1.89 | â | 51 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 2.19 | 1.89 | â | 32 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 2.17 | 1.89 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 2.19 | 1.91 | â | 51 | â | â | â | â |
| Lynga | 1987 | 1.40 | 2.02 | â | 35 | â | â | â | â |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Palma et al. (2025)
Classified as optical pair P179, along with CWNU_2487.
Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: intermediate fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.96 (50th percentile).
Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.96 (50th percentile).
Hu et al. (2021)
Ellipticities (core, all): e_core=0.0683, e_all=0.1168.