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Star Clusters
(For galaxy clusters, see the resource page on Galaxies)

General Information

  • Star Clusters: The SEDS information page; Sky & Telescope observing guide.
  • Messier Objects: The SEDS Messier database.
  • NGC Objects: Benoit Schillings photographs.

Open Clusters

  • Information: seds.org page; Wikipedia page.
  • Photographs: Visual deep-sky astronomy site.
  • Special Clusters: Perseus Double Cluster Kaler and seds.org pages; Steven Gibson's Pleiades page.

Globular Clusters

  • Information: seds.org page; The Globular Cluster Page; Number and list in Milky Way.
  • Age: Dartmouth College information page.
  • Photographs: Visual deep-sky astronomy site.
  • Specific Globular Glusters: Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) page; Jan Wisniewski's Palomar globular cluster page.
  • In Other Galaxies: Review article "Formation scenarios for globular clusters and their host galaxies" by Stephen E. Zepf, astro-ph/0107297.

More Technical References

Up to astronomy resources; Page by Luca Bombelli <bombelli"at"olemiss.edu>, Modified 25 jan 2007