UBC 566

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0.63 UTI
0.87
CN
1.0
Cdens
1.0
CC3
0.13
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Core radius and density 1.3 [pc], 8.1 [pc-2]
  • CN 0.87 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 1.0 Very high quality
  • Clit 0.13 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique

Overview

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UBC 566 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 high extinction. It is catalogued as a very massive, near-solar metallicity, young cluster (see Parameters). It is rarely studied in the literature.

Palma et al. (2025)
Part of multiple system G51, along with UBC_565, Collinder_333, OC_0697 and CWNU_2274.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Silver sample.

Hunt & Reffert (2024)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.23 (50th percentile).

Hunt & Reffert (2023)
Classified as open cluster. CMD class: 0.23 (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– 263.669 -33.094 0.385 0.305 -0.509 -9.514
Hunt & Reffert 2024 263.68 -33.099 0.39 0.303 -0.494 -9.907
Cavallo et al. 2024 263.666 -33.126 0.389 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 263.68 -33.099 0.39 0.303 -0.494 -9.907
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 263.681 -33.102 0.378 0.252 -0.517 –
Castro-Ginard et al. 2020 263.687 -33.112 0.386 0.238 -0.513 –

💡 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– 2.275 4.91 2.885 26 -0.460 9379 – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 2.36 4.91 2.89 32 – 9379(1) – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 2.12 5.46 – 19 -0.460 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 2.36 4.91 2.88 32 – – – –
Kounkel et al. 2020 2.19 4.63 – 8 – – – –

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

Visualization

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