UBC 173

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0.62 UTI
0.78
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.16
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 5.0 [N/pc2]
  • CN 0.78 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 0.16 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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UBC 173 is a rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, below the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, very young cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature.

Palma et al. (2025)
Classified as tidal capture (resonant trapping pair) P73, along with UBC_1170.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).

Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 1.00 (50th percentile).

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 341.725 56.395 0.282 -3.363 -2.781 -72.139
Hunt & Reffert 2024 341.707 56.404 0.291 -3.446 -2.789 -81.341
Celli et al. 2024 341.704 56.408 – – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 341.718 56.414 0.291 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 341.707 56.404 0.291 -3.446 -2.789 -81.341
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 341.704 56.408 0.265 -3.405 -2.739 –
Castro-Ginard et al. 2020 341.695 56.453 0.269 -3.437 -2.735 –

💡 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 99999– 3.36 1.84 1.95 14 0.390 1918 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 1813(1) – –
Celli et al. 2024 – – – 13 – 2024 – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 2.99 1.80 – 69 0.390 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 3.18 1.88 1.95 40 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 3.60 1.55 – 13 – – – –
Kounkel et al. 2020 3.54 2.00 – 14 – – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

Visualization

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