The Melotte catalogue is a catalogue of 245 star clusters compiled by British astronomer Philibert Jacques Melotte. It was published in 1915 as A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates.
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Catalogue objects are denoted by Melotte, e.g. “Melotte 20”. Dated prefixes include as Mel + catalogue number, e.g. “Mel 20”.
The catalogue contains 161 open clusters, 81 globular clusters, two asterisms, and one galaxy.
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| Melotte Objects: Mel 1 thru Mel 245 (245 objects) |
| Melotte by Open Clusters (161 objects) |
| Melotte by Globular Clusters (81 objects) |
| Melotte by Galaxies (1 objects) |
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Other Deep Sky Objects
| Abell – Abell Catalog | |
| ARP – Arp’s Catalog | |
| B – Barnard | |
| C – Caldwell | |
| Cr – Collinder | |
| IC – Index Catalogue | |
| M – Messier | |
| Mel – Melotte | |
| NGC – New General Catalogue | |
| SH2 – Sharpless | |
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