Galactic Open Clusters

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Jul 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001eaa..booke1944m&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1944. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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Galactic open clusters are beautiful objects to view through telescopes, especially when blue and red supergiant stars are present in the cluster field. They are stellar systems containing from a few hundred to several thousand stars and are readily distinguished on sky photographs by a density of stars much larger than that in the surrounding field. About 1200 such objects have been catalogued s...

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