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. 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.
Melotte objects
Errors There are some errors in Melotte's list:
Mel 28 and 29 are asterisms. The elliptical or lenticular galaxy Mel 57 was mistaken for a globular cluster.
See also List of astronomical catalogues Collinder catalogue - a similar catalogue of open star clusters published by Per Collinder in 1931. Trumpler catalogue - a similar catalogue of open star clusters published by Robert Julius Trumpler in 1930.
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