Waterloo 1
(MWSC 359)
0.87
UTI
0.58
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
Radius (P>50% members)
2.4 [arcmin]
- CN 0.58 Moderately populated
- Cdens 1.0 Very dense
- CC3 0.75 High quality
- Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
- Cdup 1.0 Unique
Overview
Waterloo 1 is a moderately populated, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a moderate distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the age parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Distant
Moderate extinction
Near-solar metallicity
Young
Data
| Reference | Year | RA [deg] | DEC [deg] | Plx [mas] | pmRA [mas/yr] | pmDE [mas/yr] | Rv [km/s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCC | â | 64.665 | 52.864 | 0.219 | 0.454 | -0.748 | -53.996 |
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 64.712 | 52.865 | â | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | 64.653 | 52.864 | 0.233 | 0.492 | -0.782 | -9.126 |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | 64.682 | 52.863 | â | â | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 65.007 | 52.951 | 0.233 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 64.653 | 52.864 | 0.233 | 0.492 | -0.782 | -9.126 |
| Just et al. | 2023 | 64.646 | 52.859 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 64.712 | 52.865 | 0.2 | 0.49 | -0.686 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 64.682 | 52.863 | 0.214 | 0.492 | -0.689 | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 64.682 | 52.863 | 0.214 | 0.492 | -0.689 | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 64.682 | 52.863 | â | â | â | -32.97 |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 64.682 | 52.863 | 0.214 | 0.492 | -0.689 | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 64.65 | 52.859 | â | -1.721 | 2.801 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 64.646 | 52.859 | â | â | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2014 | 64.65 | 52.858 | â | -0.94 | -1.4 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 64.657 | 52.86 | â | -2.79 | 3.27 | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 64.657 | 52.86 | â | -2.79 | 3.27 | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 64.887 | 52.978 | â | â | â | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeida et al. | 2025 | 3.71 | 2.62 | â | 9 | â | 518 | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2024 | â | â | â | â | â | 697* | â | â |
| Celli et al. | 2024 | â | â | â | 17 | â | 634 | â | â |
| Cavallo et al. | 2024 | 3.73 | 2.33 | â | 91 | 0.700 | â | â | â |
| Hunt & Reffert | 2023 | 3.75 | 2.61 | 2.07 | 20 | â | â | â | â |
| Just et al. | 2023 | â | â | â | 398 | â | 1327 | â | â |
| Dias et al. | 2021 | 3.71 | 2.62 | â | 9 | -0.254 | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2020 | 4.68 | 2.60 | â | 17 | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin & Anders | 2020 | 4.12 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Soubiran et al. | 2018 | 4.12 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Cantat-Gaudin et al. | 2018 | 4.12 | â | â | â | â | â | â | â |
| Loktin & Popova | 2017 | 1.43 | 1.95 | â | 42 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2016 | 4.40 | 2.82 | â | 398 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2013 | 4.40 | 2.82 | â | 398 | â | â | â | â |
| Kharchenko et al. | 2012 | 4.40 | 2.82 | â | 398 | â | â | â | â |
| van den Bergh | 2006 | 4.40 | 2.79 | â | â | 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: intermediate fit.
Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.