Star clusters in Carina
17 CATALOGUEDStars born together and still travelling together — loose open groups, or ancient globes of hundreds of thousands.
BY CONSTELLATION · 70 REGIONS
ALL SKYDORADO · 194MENSA · 68SAGITTARIUS · 49CYGNUS · 43SCORPIUS · 42TUCANA · 40PUPPIS · 37MONOCEROS · 35CASSIOPEIA · 33CENTAURUS · 27OPHIUCHUS · 26VELA · 24AURIGA · 19PERSEUS · 19AQUILA · 17CARINA · 17CEPHEUS · 15CANIS MAJOR · 14VULPECULA · 14GEMINI · 13SCUTUM · 13NORMA · 12ORION · 11TAURUS · 11ARA · 10CRUX · 9HYDRUS · 8LUPUS · 8LACERTA · 7SERPENS · 7ANDROMEDA · 5COMA BERENICES · 5TRIANGULUM · 5CAMELOPARDALIS · 4CANCER · 4CIRCINUS · 4COLUMBA · 4HERCULES · 4MUSCA · 4PEGASUS · 4AQUARIUS · 3DELPHINUS · 3HYDRA · 3LEPUS · 3LYRA · 3PYXIS · 3SAGITTA · 3APUS · 2CANIS MINOR · 2CAPRICORNUS · 2HOROLOGIUM · 2LYNX · 2PICTOR · 2BOÖTES · 1CANES VENATICI · 1CHAMAELEON · 1CORONA AUSTRALIS · 1DRACO · 1ERIDANUS · 1FORNAX · 1LIBRA · 1PAVO · 1RETICULUM · 1SCULPTOR · 1TELESCOPIUM · 1TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE · 1URSA MAJOR · 1URSA MINOR · 1VIRGO · 1VOLANS · 1
The 17 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Carina. Everything else in Carina →
IC 2581
Open cluster
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8549 ly
4.30 V
Carina
IC 2714
Open cluster
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4364 ly
8.20 V
Carina
Mel101
Open cluster
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8.00 V
Carina
Mel105
Open cluster
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8.50 V
Carina
NGC 2516
Open cluster
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1334 ly
3.80 V
Carina
NGC 2609
Open cluster
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—
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Carina
NGC 2808
Globular cluster
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30 333 ly
5.69 V
Carina
NGC 3036
Open cluster
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—
—
Carina
NGC 3114
Open cluster
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3318 ly
4.20 V
Carina
NGC 3255
Open cluster
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21 865 ly
11.00 V
Carina
NGC 3293
Open cluster
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8059 ly
4.70 V
Carina
NGC 3496
Open cluster
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7760 ly
8.20 V
Carina
NGC 3519
Open cluster
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7.70 V
Carina
NGC 3572
Open cluster
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8057 ly
6.60 V
Carina
NGC 3590
Open cluster
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8363 ly
8.20 V
Carina
Wishing Well Cluster
Open cluster
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1557 ly
3.00 V
Carina
θ Car Cluster
Open cluster
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495.1 ly
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Carina
17 OBJECTS