UBC 246

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0.76 UTI
1.0
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.4
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Stellar density (N50/rad) 36.4 [N/pc2]
  • CN 1.0 Very rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 0.4 Poorly studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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UBC 246 is a very rich, very dense object of very high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, near the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a massive, near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.

Liu et al. (2025)
Classified as tidal capture (resonant trapping binary) 375 along with UBC_1620.

Palma et al. (2025)
Classified as optical pair P598, along with UBC_1620.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 130.747 -44.927 0.5 -4.386 3.017 25.035
Li et al. 2025 130.734 -44.932 0.485 -4.429 2.991 –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 130.73 -44.926 0.508 -4.388 3.02 24.793
Cavallo et al. 2024 130.753 -44.926 0.508 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 130.73 -44.926 0.508 -4.388 3.02 24.793
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 130.734 -44.932 0.485 -4.429 2.991 –
Castro-Ginard et al. 2020 130.757 -44.945 0.483 -4.43 2.986 –

💡 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– 1.88 1.59 1.7 316 0.331 2772 – –
Liu et al. 2025 3.77 0.60 – 257 – – – –
Li et al. 2025 1.88 1.46 – 462 0.242 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 2772(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.88 1.65 – 380 0.420 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.84 1.60 1.70 287 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 2.12 1.59 – 316 – – – –

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

Visualization

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