Open clusters in Vela
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 Vela. Everything else in Vela →
IC 2395
Open cluster
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2317 ly
4.60 V
Vela
IC 2488
Open cluster
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4367 ly
7.40 V
Vela
NGC 2547
Open cluster
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1263 ly
4.70 V
Vela
NGC 2645
Open cluster
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5912 ly
7.32 V
Vela
NGC 2659
Open cluster
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6783 ly
8.60 V
Vela
NGC 2660
Open cluster
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9686 ly
8.80 V
Vela
NGC 2669
Open cluster
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3733 ly
6.10 V
Vela
NGC 2670
Open cluster
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4825 ly
7.80 V
Vela
NGC 2671
Open cluster
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4555 ly
11.60 V
Vela
NGC 2849
Open cluster
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19 085 ly
12.50 V
Vela
NGC 2866
Open cluster
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9132 ly
—
Vela
NGC 2910
Open cluster
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4211 ly
7.20 V
Vela
NGC 2925
Open cluster
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2464 ly
8.30 V
Vela
NGC 2972
Open cluster
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6367 ly
9.90 V
Vela
NGC 2982
Open cluster
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—
—
Vela
NGC 3033
Open cluster
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5809 ly
8.80 V
Vela
NGC 3105
Open cluster
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24 592 ly
9.70 V
Vela
NGC 3228
Open cluster
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1579 ly
6.00 V
Vela
NGC 3330
Open cluster
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5611 ly
7.40 V
Vela
NGC 3446
Open cluster
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—
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Vela
ο Vel Cluster
Open cluster
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493.5 ly
2.50 V
Vela
21 OBJECTS