Band Vphotometry of the faint open cluster UKS 2 (BH 66) *

Colour-magnitude diagrams are presented for the first time, of the faint southern star cluster UKS 2, which was for a long time reported as a globular cluster candidate.
The Vvs. $B-V$diagrams indicate that UKS 2 is an open cluster with age comparable to that of the Hyades.
It has a reddening of $E(B-V) = 0.40$and is located at a distance from the Sun of $d_{\odot}$≈7 kpc. The cluster is located outside the solar radius at galactocentric distance projected on the plane rGC≈11 kpc, and a height $z \approx -370$pc.