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|+Nearby (≤500 light-years) associations and groups
!Name
!Associated star or cluster
!Constellation
!Average distance (light-years)
!Age (million years)
!Note
!Reference |
| Oceanus
|Luhman 16
|
|6-160
|510
|Closest moving group.
|[{{cite journal |arxiv=2208.00070 |last1=Gagné |first1=Jonathan |last2=Moranta |first2=Leslie |last3=Faherty |first3=Jacqueline K. |last4=Kiman |first4=Rocio |last5=Couture |first5=Dominic |author6=Arnaud René Larochelle |last7=Popinchalk |first7=Mark |last8=Morrone |first8=Daniella |title=The Oceanus Moving Group: A New 500 Myr Old Host for the Nearest Brown Dwarf |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |year=2023 |volume=945 |issue=2 |page=119 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/acb8b7 |bibcode=2023ApJ...945..119G |doi-access=free }}] |
| Castor Moving Group
|Castor, DX Cancri, Vega, Fomalhaut, etc.
|
|<80
|
|Disputed existence.
| |
| Ursa Major association
|Alioth, Mizar, Merak, etc.
|Ursa Major
|80
|414
|
| |
| AB Doradus moving group
|AB Doradus
|Dorado
|100
|150
|
| |
| β Pictoris moving group
|β Pictoris
|Pictor
|100
|24
|
| |
| Carina-Near moving group
|
|Carina
|100
|200
|
|[{{Cite journal |last1=Zuckerman |first1=B. |last2=Bessell |first2=M. S. |last3=Song |first3=Inseok |last4=Kim |first4=S. |date=2006-10-01 |title=The Carina-Near Moving Group |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/508060 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=649 |issue=2 |pages=L115–L118 |doi=10.1086/508060 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=astro-ph/0609041 |bibcode=2006ApJ...649L.115Z }}] |
| Hercules-Lyra association
|
|Hercules + Lyra
|100
|260
|might be a stellar stream[{{Cite journal|last=Mamajek|first=Eric E.|date=January 2016|title=A Pre-Gaia Census of Nearby Stellar Groups|journal=IAUS|language=en|volume=314|pages=21–26|doi=10.1017/S1743921315006250|arxiv=1507.06697|bibcode=2016IAUS..314...21M|s2cid=118943644 |issn=1743-9221}}]
|[{{Cite journal|last1=Eisenbeiss|first1=T.|last2=Ammler-von Eiff|first2=M.|last3=Roell|first3=T.|last4=Mugrauer|first4=M.|last5=Adam|first5=Ch|last6=Neuhäuser|first6=R.|last7=Schmidt|first7=T. O. B.|last8=Bedalov|first8=A.|date=August 2013|title=The Hercules-Lyra association revisited. New age estimation and multiplicity study|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|language=en|volume=556|pages=A53|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201118362|arxiv=1312.4045|bibcode=2013A&A...556A..53E|s2cid=119275785 |issn=0004-6361}}] |
| Tucana-Horologium association
|
|Tucana + Horologium
|150
|45
|Formerly part of the GAYA (Great Austral Young Association)
| |
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| Hyades
| Hyades
| Taurus
| 153
| 750
| Closest open cluster. Reported for reference.
| |
| Columba association
|
|Columba
|160
|42
|Formerly part of the GAYA (Great Austral Young Association)
| |
| TW Hydrae association
|TW Hydrae
|Hydra
|160
|10
|
| |
| Carina Association
|
|Carina
|200
|45
|Formerly part of the GAYA (Great Austral Young Association)
|[{{Cite journal|last1=Torres|first1=C. a. O.|last2=Quast|first2=G. R.|last3=Melo|first3=C. H. F.|last4=Sterzik|first4=M. F.|date=December 2008|title=Young Nearby Loose Associations|journal=Hsf2|language=en|volume=5|pages=757|bibcode=2008hsf2.book..757T}}] |
| Argus association
|IC 2391
|Vela + Carina
|240
|45
|May or may not be related to IC 2391
|[{{Cite book |last1=Torres |first1=C. A. O. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008hsf2.book..757T |title=Young Nearby Loose Associations |last2=Quast |first2=G. R. |last3=Melo |first3=C. H. F. |last4=Sterzik |first4=M. F. |date=2008-12-01 |volume=5|bibcode=2008hsf2.book..757T }}][{{Cite journal |last=Zuckerman |first=B. |date=2019-01-01 |title=The Nearby, Young, Argus Association: Membership, Age, and Dusty Debris Disks |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=870 |issue=1 |pages=27 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aaee66 |arxiv=1811.01508 |bibcode=2019ApJ...870...27Z |issn=0004-637X|doi-access=free }}] |
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| Coma Star Cluster
| Coma Star Cluster
| Coma Berenices
| 280
| 562
| Second closest open cluster. Reported for reference.
| [{{Cite journal|last1=Silaj|first1=J.|last2=Landstreet|first2=J. D.|date=June 2014|title=Accurate age determinations of several nearby open clusters containing magnetic Ap stars|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|language=en|volume=566|pages=A132|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201321468|arxiv=1407.4531|bibcode=2014A&A...566A.132S|s2cid=53370832 |issn=0004-6361}}] |
| Volans-Carina association
|
|Volans + Carina
|280
|90
|formerly Group 30
|[{{Cite journal|last1=Gagné|first1=Jonathan|last2=Faherty|first2=Jacqueline K.|author2-link=Jackie Faherty|last3=Mamajek|first3=Eric E.|date=October 2018|title=Volans-Carina: A New 90 Myr Old Stellar Association at 85 pc|journal=Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=865|issue=2|pages=136|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aadaed|arxiv=1808.04420|bibcode=2018ApJ...865..136G|s2cid=119402144 |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free }}] |
| 32 Orionis group
|32 Orionis
|Orion
|310
|22
|
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| η Chamaeleontis moving group
|η Chamaeleontis
|Chamaeleon
|310
|11
|
|[{{Cite web|title=eta cha cluster|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=eta+cha+cluster&submit=SIMBAD+search|access-date=2020-06-12|website=sim-basic}}] |
| χ1 Fornacis moving group
|χ1 Fornacis
|Fornax
|320
|40
|other name: cluster Alessi 13
|[{{Cite journal |last1=Zuckerman |first1=B. |last2=Klein |first2=Beth |last3=Kastner |first3=Joel |date=2019-12-01 |title=The Nearby, Young, χ 1 Fornacis Cluster: Membership, Age, and an Extraordinary Ensemble of Dusty Debris Disks |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=887 |issue=1 |pages=87 |arxiv=1909.08764 |bibcode=2019ApJ...887...87Z |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab45ea |doi-access=free |issn=0004-637X}}] |
| 118 Tau association
|118 Tauri
|Taurus
|330
|10
|
|[{{Cite journal|last1=Gagné|first1=Jonathan|last2=Mamajek|first2=Eric E.|last3=Malo|first3=Lison|last4=Riedel|first4=Adric|last5=Rodriguez|first5=David|last6=Lafrenière|first6=David|last7=Faherty|first7=Jacqueline K.|last8=Roy-Loubier|first8=Olivier|last9=Pueyo|first9=Laurent|last10=Robin|first10=Annie C.|last11=Doyon|first11=René|date=March 2018|title=BANYAN. XI. The BANYAN Σ Multivariate Bayesian Algorithm to Identify Members of Young Associations with 150 pc|journal=Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=856|issue=1|pages=23|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aaae09|arxiv=1801.09051|bibcode=2018ApJ...856...23G|s2cid=119185386 |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free }}] |
| ε Chamaeleontis association
|ε Chamaeleontis
|Chamaeleon
|330
|3.7
|
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| Group X
|
|Ursa Major
|330
|300
|proposed moving group; former name is Group 10
|[{{Cite journal|last1=Faherty|first1=Jacqueline K.|last2=Bochanski|first2=John J.|last3=Gagné|first3=Jonathan|last4=Nelson|first4=Olivia|last5=Coker|first5=Kristina|last6=Smithka|first6=Iliya|last7=Desir|first7=Deion|last8=Vasquez|first8=Chelsea|date=August 2018|title=New and Known Moving Groups and Clusters Identified in a Gaia Comoving Catalog|journal=Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=863|issue=1|pages=91|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aac76e|arxiv=1804.09058|bibcode=2018ApJ...863...91F|s2cid=55679388 |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free }}][{{Cite journal|last1=Tang|first1=Shih-Yun|last2=Pang|first2=Xiaoying|last3=Yuan|first3=Zhen|last4=Chen|first4=W. P.|last5=Hong|first5=Jongsuk|last6=Goldman|first6=Bertrand|last7=Just|first7=Andreas|last8=Shukirgaliyev|first8=Bekdaulet|last9=Lin|first9=Chien-Cheng|date=May 2019|title=Discovery of Tidal Tails in Disrupting Open Clusters: Coma Berenices and a Neighbor Stellar Group|journal=Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=877|issue=1|pages=12|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab13b0|arxiv=1902.01404|bibcode=2019ApJ...877...12T|s2cid=85517325 |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free }}][{{Cite journal |last1=Messina |first1=S. |last2=Nardiello |first2=D. |last3=Desidera |first3=S. |last4=Baratella |first4=M. |last5=Benatti |first5=S. |last6=Biazzo |first6=K. |last7=D'Orazi |first7=V. |date=2022-01-01 |title=Gyrochronological dating of the stellar moving group Group X |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022A&A...657L...3M/abstract |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=657 |pages=L3 |arxiv=2112.08061 |bibcode=2022A&A...657L...3M |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202142276 |issn=0004-6361}}] |
| Lower Centaurus–Crux association
|
|Centaurus + Crux
|360
|15
|Subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association
| |
| 93 Tau group (formerly Group 29)
|93 Tauri
|Taurus
|380
|40
|proposed moving group, overlaps with Taurus-Auriga, but is older
|[{{Cite journal|last1=Oh|first1=Semyeong|last2=Price-Whelan|first2=Adrian M.|last3=Hogg|first3=David W.|last4=Morton|first4=Timothy D.|last5=Spergel|first5=David N.|date=June 2017|title=Comoving Stars in Gaia DR1: An Abundance of Very Wide Separation Comoving Pairs|journal=The Astronomical Journal|language=en|volume=153|issue=6|pages=257|doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aa6ffd|arxiv=1612.02440|bibcode=2017AJ....153..257O|s2cid=119351439 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}][{{Cite journal|last=Luhman|first=K. L.|date=December 2018|title=The Stellar Membership of the Taurus Star-forming Region|journal=The Astronomical Journal|language=en|volume=156|issue=6|pages=271|doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aae831|arxiv=1811.01359|bibcode=2018AJ....156..271L|s2cid=119471553 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}][{{Cite journal |last=Luhman |first=K. L. |date=2023-02-01 |title=A Census of the Taurus Star-forming Region and Neighboring Associations with Gaia |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=165 |issue=2 |pages=37 |arxiv=2211.09785 |bibcode=2023AJ....165...37L |doi=10.3847/1538-3881/ac9da3 |doi-access=free |issn=0004-6256}}] |
| Taurus-Auriga association
|
|Taurus + Auriga
|390
|1.5
|See also: Taurus Molecular Cloud; part of the Radcliffe wave[{{cite journal|last1=Alves|first1=João|last2=Zucker|first2=Catherine|last3=Goodman|first3=Alyssa A.|last4=Speagle|first4=Joshua S.|last5=Meingast|first5=Stefan|last6=Robitaille|first6=Thomas|last7=Finkbeiner|first7=Douglas P.|last8=Schlafly|first8=Edward F.|last9=Green|first9=Gregory M.|date=January 2020|title=A Galactic-scale gas wave in the Solar Neighborhood|journal=Nature|arxiv=2001.08748|language=en|volume=578|issue=7794|pages= 237–239|doi=10.1038/s41586-019-1874-z|pmid=31910431|bibcode=2020Natur.578..237A|s2cid=210086520 }}]
| |
| Group 26
|
|Cassiopeia
|401
|<1000
|proposed moving group
| |
| Octans association
|
|Octans
|420
|35
|
| |
| Upper Centaurus–Lupus association
|
|Centaurus + Lupus
|420
|16
|Subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association
| |
| Upper Scorpius association
|
|Scorpius
|420
|10
|Subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association
| |
| ρ Ophiuchi association
|ρ Ophiuchi
|Ophiuchus
|430
|2
|See also: Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
| |
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| Pleiades
| Pleiades
| Taurus
| 444
| 112
| Third closest open cluster. Reported for reference.
| |
| Corona Australis group
|
|Corona Australis
|450
|4.5
|
| |
| Upper Corona Australis group
|
|Corona Australis
|480
|10
|
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|Platais 8 cluster
|
|Carina
|489
|60
|Open cluster. Reported for reference.
|[{{Cite web|title=Cl Platais 8|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Cl%20Platais%208|access-date=2020-06-12|website=sim-id}}] |
| μ Tau association
|μ Eridani, μ Tauri
|Taurus
|489
|60
|
|[{{Cite journal |last1=Gagné |first1=Jonathan |last2=David |first2=Trevor J. |last3=Mamajek |first3=Eric E. |last4=Mann |first4=Andrew W. |last5=Faherty |first5=Jacqueline K. |last6=Bédard |first6=Antoine |date=2020-11-01 |title=The μ Tau Association: A 60 Myr Old Coeval Group at 150 pc from the Sun |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=903 |issue=2 |pages=96 |arxiv=2008.06139 |bibcode=2020ApJ...903...96G |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/abb77e |issn=0004-637X |doi-access=free }}] |
