UPK 79
0.51
UTI
0.25
CN
0.4
Cdens
0.5
CC3
0.7
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
13.0 [arcmin]
- CN 0.25 Poorly populated
- Cdens 0.4 Loose
- CC3 0.5 Intermediate quality
- Clit 0.7 Moderately studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
UPK 79 is a poorly populated, loose object of intermediate C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a close distance, below the mid-plane, affected by low extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, intermediate-age cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the metallicity parameter (see Parameters). It is moderately studied in the literature.
Close
Low 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 | 303.988 | 21.471 | 1.071 | -2.126 | -5.417 | -4.091 |
| Li et al. | 2025 | 303.989 | 21.447 | 1.072 | -2.151 | -5.426 | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 303.951 | 21.464 | â | â | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 303.683 | 21.572 | 0.933 | -1.575 | -4.824 | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | 303.968 | 21.572 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 303.968 | 21.572 | 1.071 | -2.129 | -5.429 | -3.746 |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 304.002 | 21.458 | 1.07 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 303.968 | 21.572 | 1.071 | -2.129 | -5.429 | -3.746 |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 303.962 | 21.528 | 1.031 | -2.16 | -5.396 | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 303.951 | 21.464 | 1.08 | -2.133 | -5.435 | 6.61 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 303.989 | 21.447 | 1.072 | -2.151 | -5.426 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 303.989 | 21.447 | 1.074 | -2.116 | -5.443 | â |
| Sim et al. | 2019 | 303.985 | 21.475 | â | -2.1 | -5.47 | 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 | 1.00 | 0.45 | â | 312 | 0.240 | â | â | â |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 0.91 | 0.52 | â | 351 | â | 119 | â | â |
| Alfonso et al. | 2024 | 0.91 | 0.24 | â | 175 | 0.057 | â | â | â |
| Zhang et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | â | -0.079* | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 63* | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 0.93 | 0.79 | â | 158 | 0.070 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 0.90 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 151 | â | â | â | â |
| Tarricq et al. | 2022 | 0.90 | â | â | 182 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 0.91 | 0.52 | â | 351 | 0.056 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 0.92 | 0.24 | â | 174 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 0.91 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Sim et al. | 2019 | 0.91 | â | â | 63 | â | â | â | â |
(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.


Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.