UBC 268
0.70
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.38
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
3.6 [arcmin]
- CN 0.76 Rich
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 1.0 Very high quality
- Clit 0.38 Poorly studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
UBC 268 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, old cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.
Distant
Moderate extinction
Massive
Near-solar metallicity
Old
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 165.35 | -63.669 | 0.242 | -6.128 | 1.965 | 1.68 |
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | 165.352 | -63.666 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 165.337 | -63.681 | 0.24 | -6.141 | 1.988 | 3.952 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 165.352 | -63.666 | 0.241 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 165.337 | -63.681 | 0.24 | -6.141 | 1.988 | 3.952 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 165.349 | -63.655 | 0.23 | -6.109 | 1.947 | â |
| Castro-Ginard et al. | 2020 | 165.363 | -63.654 | 0.228 | -6.107 | 1.954 | 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] | Bfr | BSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu & Soubiran | 2025 | â | â | â | â | -0.210* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 1347* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.77 | 1.76 | â | 1023 | -0.030 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.67 | 1.81 | 1.64 | 570 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 3.68 | 1.18 | â | 1698 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.