Open clusters in Centaurus
21 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 21 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Centaurus. Everything else in Centaurus →
IC 1023
Open cluster
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Centaurus
IC 4291
Open cluster
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9.70 V
Centaurus
NGC 3680
Open cluster
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3390 ly
7.60 V
Centaurus
NGC 3909
Open cluster
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Centaurus
NGC 3960
Open cluster
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7610 ly
8.30 V
Centaurus
NGC 4230
Open cluster
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9.40 V
Centaurus
NGC 4852
Open cluster
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4175 ly
8.90 V
Centaurus
NGC 5043
Open cluster
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Centaurus
NGC 5120
Open cluster
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10.80 V
Centaurus
NGC 5138
Open cluster
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6052 ly
5.33 V
Centaurus
NGC 5168
Open cluster
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10 559 ly
9.10 V
Centaurus
NGC 5269
Open cluster
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6669 ly
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Centaurus
NGC 5281
Open cluster
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5163 ly
5.90 V
Centaurus
NGC 5299
Open cluster
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Centaurus
NGC 5316
Open cluster
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4701 ly
6.00 V
Centaurus
NGC 5381
Open cluster
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7989 ly
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Centaurus
NGC 5460
Open cluster
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2383 ly
5.60 V
Centaurus
NGC 5606
Open cluster
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8089 ly
7.70 V
Centaurus
NGC 5617
Open cluster
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7603 ly
6.30 V
Centaurus
NGC 5662
Open cluster
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2476 ly
5.50 V
Centaurus
Pearl Cluster
Open cluster
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6678 ly
5.30 V
Centaurus
21 OBJECTS