IC 4651

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Open star cluster in the constellation Ara

title: "IC 4651" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["open-clusters", "ic-objects", "ara-(constellation)"] description: "Open star cluster in the constellation Ara" topic_path: "general/open-clusters" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_4651" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Open star cluster in the constellation Ara ::

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FieldValue
image[[File:The rich star cluster IC 4651.jpg
captionOpen cluster IC 4651 taken by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.
nameIC 4651
epochJ2000
ra
dec
dist_ly2,900 ly
dist_pc888 pc
size_v10.0' (arcmin)
constellationAra
namesCr 327, Mel 169
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| image = [[File:The rich star cluster IC 4651.jpg|300px|The rich star cluster IC 4651]] |caption = Open cluster IC 4651 taken by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. | name = IC 4651 | epoch = J2000 | ra = | dec = | dist_ly = 2,900 ly | dist_pc = 888 pc | appmag_v = | size_v = 10.0' (arcmin) | radius_ly = | absmag_v = | constellation = Ara | notes = | names = Cr 327, Mel 169

IC 4651 is an open cluster of stars located about 2,900 light years distant in the constellation Ara. It was first catalogued by John Louis Emil Dreyer in his 1895 version of the Index Catalogue. This is an intermediate age cluster that is 1.2 ± 0.2 billion years old. Compared to the Sun, the members of this cluster have a higher abundance of the chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium. The combined mass of the active stars in this cluster is about 630 times the mass of the Sun.

The currently known active stars in this cluster form only about 7% of the cluster's original mass. Of the remainder, about 35% of the mass consists of stars that have evolved into white dwarfs or other stellar remnants. The remainder of lost mass consists of stars that have migrated away from the main body of the cluster or have been lost completely.

The star IC 4651 9122 displays radial velocity variations suggesting the presence of a planetary companion, though stellar activity cannot be completely ruled out.

References

| doi=10.1086/426681 | bibcode=2005ApJ...619..824X |arxiv = astro-ph/0410325 |s2cid=2087723 }}

| display-authors=1 | last1=Biazzo | first1=K. | last2=Pasquini | first2=L. | last3=Girardi | first3=L. | last4=Frasca | first4=A. | last5=da Silva | first5=L. | last6=Setiawan | first6=J. | last7=Marilli | first7=E. | last8=Hatzes | first8=A. P. | last9=Catalano | first9=S. | title=Deriving temperature, mass, and age of evolved stars from high-resolution spectra. Application to field stars and the open cluster IC 4651 | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | arxiv=0704.3192 | volume=475 | issue=3 | date=December 2007 | pages=981–989 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20077374 | bibcode=2007A&A...475..981B | s2cid=14293731 }}

References

  1. "Sibling Stars".
  2. (July 2002). "New catalog of optically visible open clusters and candidates". Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  3. Dreyer, J. L. E.. (1895). "Index Catalogue of Nebulae found in the years 1888 to 1894, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue". Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  4. Pasquini, L.. (September 2004). "Detailed chemical composition of the open cluster IC 4651: The iron peak, α elements, and Li". Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  5. (April 2002). "Critical tests of stellar evolution in open clusters. III. Stellar population and dynamical evolution of IC 4651". Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  6. (December 2018). "Incidence of planet candidates in open clusters and a planet confirmation". [[Astronomy & Astrophysics]].
  7. (November 2018). "Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars. II. Are there really planets around IC 4651 No. 9122, NGC 2423 No. 3, and NGC 4349 No. 127?". [[Astronomy & Astrophysics]].
  8. (November 2023). "Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars. III. Planet candidates and long-term activity signals in six open clusters". [[Astronomy & Astrophysics]].

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