Star cluster catalogues?

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Malenfant
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Star cluster catalogues?

Post #1by Malenfant » 31.05.2006, 21:24

Anyone know where I can find a list of nearby (i.e. up to within a few hundred parsecs of Sol) star clusters showing RA, dec, and distance? A google search didn't find much - the messier catalogue on SEDS only had Ra/Dec.
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Post #2by buggs_moran » 01.06.2006, 11:00

I think Selden did one of these already as an addon. Check his site.
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Post #3by Cormoran » 01.06.2006, 17:31

Look at this link.

http://anzwers.org/free/universe/openclus.html

Can't vouch for its accuracy, but the rest of the site seems good.

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