Trumpler 22
(Collinder 283; VDBH 161; MWSC 2226; OCL 920; vdBergh-Hagen 161; ESO 134 06)
0.96
UTI
0.79
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
31.7 [N/pc2]
- CN 0.79 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Trumpler 22 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 massive, near-solar metallicity, young 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.
(*): The parallax distance estimate (~2.49 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~1.80 kpc).
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999â | 217.796 | -61.165 | 0.402 | -5.142 | -2.687 | -40.732 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 217.783 | -61.169 | 0.386 | -5.12 | -2.683 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 217.794 | -61.155 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 217.807 | -61.182 | 0.41 | -5.147 | -2.688 | -40.212 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 217.793 | -61.17 | 0.41 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 217.807 | -61.182 | 0.41 | -5.147 | -2.688 | -40.212 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 217.72 | -61.162 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 217.794 | -61.155 | 0.386 | -5.136 | -2.713 | -43.17 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 217.783 | -61.169 | 0.386 | -5.12 | -2.683 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 217.783 | -61.169 | 0.386 | -5.12 | -2.683 | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 217.783 | -61.169 | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 217.783 | -61.169 | â | â | â | -43.03 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 217.743 | -61.169 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 217.783 | -61.169 | 0.386 | -5.12 | -2.683 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 217.755 | -61.168 | â | -1.131 | -4.299 | -38.46 |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 217.72 | -61.162 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 217.758 | -61.167 | â | -4.63 | -4.9 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 217.732 | -61.165 | â | -5.06 | -4.2 | â |
| Morales et al. | 2013 | 217.758 | -61.167 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 217.743 | -61.169 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 217.75 | -61.167 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 217.75 | -61.17 | â | -5.05 | -1.68 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 217.78 | -61.15 | â | -5.71 | -3.39 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 217.758 | -61.167 | â | -4.63 | -4.9 | -38.46 |
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 | 1.8 | 1.62 | 0.77 | 95 | -0.060 | 1035 | â | â |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.11 | 1.86 | â | 122 | 0.158 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.21 | 1.90 | â | 65 | â | 1035 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1830(1) | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.80 | 1.71 | â | 398 | -0.060 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.27 | 1.76 | 0.77 | 95 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 313 | â | 122 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.21 | 1.90 | â | 65 | 0.275 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.44 | 1.78 | â | 32 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.41 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Bossini et al. | 2019 | 2.36 | 1.83 | â | 24 | -0.170 | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.41 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.41 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.53 | 1.59 | â | 95 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 1.61 | 1.55 | â | 313 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 1.61 | 1.55 | â | 313 | â | â | â | â |
| Morales et al. | 2013 | 1.52 | â | â | 89 | â | â | â | â |
| Piskunov et al. | 2008 | 1.52 | 1.61 | â | 129 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 1.52 | 1.61 | â | 89 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2005 | 1.52 | 1.61 | â | 129 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2003 | 1.52 | 1.61 | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.52 | 1.62 | â | 89 | -0.170 | 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 P482, along with HSC_2649.
Morales et al. (2013)
Classified as morphological type 'OC2' (totally exposed cluster without correlation with ATLASGAL emission). Morphological flag: exposed cluster, without submm emission.
Piecka & Paunzen (2021)
Belongs to cluster aggregate 'Agg45' along with Hogg 17, NGC 5617 and Pismis 19.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Silver sample.