UBC 298
0.70
UTI
0.76
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.38
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
4.3 [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 298 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 near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster (see Parameters). It is poorly studied in the literature.
Relatively close
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Intermediate age
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 217.554 | -59.815 | 0.375 | -5.596 | -3.698 | -42.231 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 217.559 | -59.815 | 0.379 | -5.556 | -3.807 | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 217.529 | -59.811 | 0.378 | -5.594 | -3.671 | -38.761 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 217.544 | -59.819 | 0.378 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 217.529 | -59.811 | 0.378 | -5.594 | -3.671 | -38.761 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 217.559 | -59.815 | 0.379 | -5.556 | -3.807 | â |
| Castro-Ginard et al. | 2020 | 217.568 | -59.816 | 0.38 | -5.545 | -3.815 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li et al. | 2025 | 2.06 | 1.75 | â | 500 | -0.169 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 730* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 2.03 | 1.79 | â | 389 | -0.130 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 2.36 | 1.95 | 2.41 | 107 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 2.51 | 1.72 | â | 49 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Silver sample.