SIMBAD: Clusters and Cluster stars

Chapter C. Clusters and Cluster stars

1. Partial List of cluster names

Clusters (and cluster stars) which have no NGC or IC number are called under the generic appellation Cl or Cl* followed by the cluster names and numbers as described below. The table on the next page lists most of the possible names associated to star clusters, with the exception of NGC and IC.

The following syntax is to be used:

1. A cluster is named Cl followed by the cluster name and number (e.g. Cl Blanco 1)
2. The designation of a cluster star in the main member list of a cluster is: the cluster name preceded by Cl and followed by a running number (Example: Cl Blanco 1 8 is star #8 in the open cluster Blanco 1).
3. When several lists of member stars exist, the designation is: the cluster name preceded by Cl* followed by an abbreviation of the list and the running number of the star in the list (Example: Cl* Melotte 25 VA 13 is star #13 in the list by Van Altena for Melotte 25, the Hyades cluster).

Examples of designations of stars in Clusters:

NGC 2264     an NGC cluster  
NGC 2264 2     a star in NGC 2264  
Cl Melotte 25     Melotte 25: the Hyades cluster  
Cl Melotte 25 1   1st star in the main list by Van Bueren 
Cl* Melotte 25 VA 13    13th star in a list by Van Altena  

More details about nomenclature can be obtained by the commands

info cati name         or
info -l cati name   

the latter being used for a long description, including the authors and full bibliographical references.

Note: a similar system of designation is used for the planetary nebulae (PN), using a prefix PN. For instance,

PN Hb 1    represents the 1st star in the list by Hubble.

A complete list of all such PN lists can be found by the command      info cati PN

Partial List of cluster names

    Apriamaswili      
    Arp               
    Barhatova         
    Basel             
    Berkeley          
    Biurakan          
    Blanco            
    Bochum            
    Collinder         
    Czernik          
    Deje              
    Dolidze           
    Dolidze-Dzim      
    Dufay             
    Feinstein         
    Graff             
    Haffner           
    Harvard           
    Haute-Provence    
    Hogg               
    Iskurzdajan        


  King               
  Kron           
  Lindsay              
  Lynga              
  Melotte             
  Mrk (Markarjan)          
  Palomar  (Pal)             
  Pismis             
  Roslund         
  Ruprecht           
  Sher               
  Sahlbajan          
  Stephenson         
  Stock              
  Terzan             
  Tombaugh           
  Trumpler           
  Upgren             
  VDB (Van den Bergh)    
  Westerlund    	

     	
Notes:   
           
      NGC  869      = h Per 
      NGC  884      = χ Per 
      NGC 2632        = Praesepe
      Cl Blanco 1     = ζ Scl
      Cl Melotte 20  = α Per
      Cl Melotte 22  = Pleiades
      Cl Melotte 25  = Hyades  
      Cl Melotte 111 = Coma Ber