Collinder catalog

In astronomy, the Collinder catalog is a catalog of 471 open clusters by Swedish astronomer Per Collinder. It was published in 1931 as an appendix to Collinder's paper On structural properties of open galactic clusters and their spatial distribution.[1] Catalog objects are denoted by Collinder, e.g. "Collinder 399". Dated prefixes include as Col + catalog number, or Cr + catalog number, e.g. "Cr 399".[2]

Notable objects

Some notable objects from the catalog are:

Errors

There are some errors in Collinder's list or references to it. For example:[3]

See also

External links

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References

  1. Collinder, Per (1931). "On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters". Annals of the Observatory of Lund 2: B1–B46. Bibcode:1931AnLun...2....1C. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. "Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects". Simbad. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014. Avoid the usage of Cr, prefer Collinder
  3. Archinal, B. A., and S. J. Hynes. 2003. Star Clusters, Richmond, VA: Willmann-Bell
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