Trumpler 23
(Collinder 295; VDBH 180; MWSC 2343; OCL 950; vdBergh-Hagen 180; ESO 178 06)
1.0
UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad)
80.8 [N/pc2]
- CN 1.0 Very rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Trumpler 23 is a very 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, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the distance, metallicity, and mass parameters (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 240.218 | -53.538 | 0.363 | -4.208 | -4.758 | -60.974 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 240.218 | -53.539 | 0.352 | -4.178 | -4.746 | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 240.222 | -53.54 | β | β | β | β |
| Carrasco-Varela et al. | 2025 | 240.551 | -53.608 | β | β | β | β |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 240.214 | -53.544 | β | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 240.214 | -53.537 | 0.367 | -4.21 | -4.758 | -48.477 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 240.222 | -53.54 | 0.367 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 240.214 | -53.537 | 0.367 | -4.21 | -4.758 | -48.477 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 240.205 | -53.532 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 240.214 | -53.544 | 0.349 | -4.162 | -4.748 | -63.27 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 240.218 | -53.539 | 0.352 | -4.178 | -4.746 | β |
| SΓ‘nchez et al. | 2020 | 240.204 | -53.536 | β | -4.012 | -4.929 | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 240.218 | -53.539 | 0.352 | -4.178 | -4.746 | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 240.218 | -53.539 | β | β | β | -61.43 |
| Bica et al. | 2019 | 240.196 | -53.532 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 240.218 | -53.539 | 0.352 | -4.178 | -4.746 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 240.205 | -53.532 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 240.204 | -53.536 | β | -2.42 | -4.31 | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 240.217 | -53.533 | β | -5.67 | -4.96 | β |
| Morales et al. | 2013 | 240.204 | -53.536 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 240.204 | -53.536 | β | -2.42 | -4.31 | 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] | Bfrac | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | 99999β | 2.38 | 2.28 | 1.54 | 708 | 0.127 | 3218 | β | 0.05 |
| Liu et al. | 2025 | 7.31 | 0.93 | β | 407 | β | β | β | β |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.38 | 2.52 | β | 670 | 0.253 | β | β | β |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | β | β | β | β | -0.170(5) | β | β | β |
| Carrasco-Varela et al. | 2025 | 2.59 | 2.28 | β | 708 | 0.350 | β | β | 0.05(1) |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 2.23 | 2.73 | β | 292 | β | 3218 | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | β | β | β | β | β | 6307(1) | β | β |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 1.85 | 2.83 | β | 871 | -0.260 | β | β | β |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.48 | 2.84 | 1.54 | 332 | β | β | β | β |
| Just et al. | 2023 | β | β | β | 912 | β | 326 | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 2.23 | 2.73 | β | 292 | 0.127 | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.59 | 2.18 | β | 708 | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 2.63 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 2.63 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 2.63 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 2.19 | 1.87 | β | 912 | β | β | β | β |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 2.19 | 1.87 | β | 912 | β | β | β | β |
| Morales et al. | 2013 | 1.90 | β | β | 900 | β | β | β | β |
| Dias et al. | 2002 | 1.90 | 1.80 | β | 891 | β | β | β | β |
(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.
MOCA


Liu et al. (2025)
Classified as tidal capture (resonant trapping binary) 343 along with Teutsch_247.
Palma et al. (2025)
Classified as optical pair P66, along with Teutsch_247.
Morales et al. (2013)
Classified as morphological type 'OC2' (totally exposed cluster without correlation with ATLASGAL emission). Morphological flag: exposed cluster, without submm emission.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.
Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: intermediate fit. Silver sample.