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Old 23-01-2016, 06:53 AM
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Open Clusters

Talking of distances, here are some for open clusters.

https://www.univie.ac.at/webda/vdb.html

Diameters of Open Star Clusters

van den Bergh S., 2006, Astron. J. 131, 1559 (2006AJ....131.1559V)
The link under the cluster name displays the WEBDA cluster page

Column contents:
  • Name : cluster designation
  • diameter : Cluster diameter in [pc]
  • dist : Distance in [pc] (1 pc = 3.26 light years)
  • Z : Distance from the galactic plane in [pc]
  • EBV : Colour exces E(B-V)
  • logt : logarithm of the age
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