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2. Caldwell catalogue - Wikipedia

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   The Caldwell catalogue is an astronomical catalogue of 109 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies for observation by amateur astronomers.The list was compiled by Patrick Moore as a complement to the Messier catalogue.

3. List of open clusters - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of open clusters located in the Milky Way. An open cluster is an association of up to a few thousand stars that all formed from the same giant molecular cloud . There are over 1,000 known open clusters in the Milky Way galaxy, but the actual total may be up to ten times higher. [ 1 ]

4. List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups

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   The regions with higher density of stars are shown; these correspond with known star clusters (Hyades and Coma Berenices) and moving groups. This is a list of nearby stellar associations and moving groups. A stellar association is a very loose star cluster, looser than an open cluster. A moving group is the remnant of such a stellar association ...

5. List of largest star clusters - Wikipedia

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   Globular cluster: Nearest globular cluster to the Earth. Also the first globular cluster known to have exoplanets (PSR B1620-26b) Messier 12: 74.4 [28] Messier 70: 68 [29] NGC 290: 66 [30] Open cluster: Messier 28: 60 [31] Globular cluster: Messier 18: 52.4 [32] Open cluster: The following notable star clusters are listed for the purpose of ...

6. Star cluster - Wikipedia

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   In 1979, the International Astronomical Union's 17th general assembly recommended that newly discovered star clusters, open or globular, within the Galaxy have designations following the convention "Chhmm±ddd", always beginning with the prefix C, where h, m, and d represent the approximate coordinates of the cluster centre in hours and minutes ...

7. NGC 7789 - Wikipedia

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   NGC 7789 (also known as Caroline's Rose, [4] Caroline's Haystack, [5] or the White Rose Cluster) is an open cluster in Cassiopeia that was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. Her brother William Herschel included it in his catalog as H VI.30.

8. NGC 206 - Wikipedia

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   NGC 206 is the richest and most conspicuous star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy, and is one of the largest and brightest star-forming regions in the Local Group. [2] It contains more than 300 stars brighter than M b =−3.6. [3] It was originally identified by Edwin Hubble as a star cluster but today, due to its size, it is classified as an OB ...

9. NGC 3324 - Wikipedia

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   NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) [3] [4] at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc) from Earth. [2] It is closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599 , also known as Gum 31 . [ 5 ]