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VII/229             Optically visible open clusters catalog        (Dias+, 2002)
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New catalog of optically visible open clusters and candidates
    Dias W.S., Alessi B.S., Moitinho A., Lepine J.R.D.
   <Astron. Astrophys. 389, 871 (2002)>
   =2002A&A...389..871D
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, open ; Proper motions ; Radial velocities ;
              Abundances, [Fe/H]
Keywords: galaxy: open clusters and associations: general - catalogs

Description:
    We have compiled a new catalogue of open clusters in the Galaxy which
    updates the previous catalogues of Lynga (1987, Cat. VII/92) and of
    Mermilliod (1995, in Information and On-Line Data in Astronomy, ed. D.
    Egret & M. A. Albrecht (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 127) (included in the
    WEBDA database, http://obswww.unige.ch/webda). New objects and new
    data, in particular, data on kinematics (proper motions) that were not
    present in the old catalogues, have been included. Virtually all the
    clusters (1600) presently known were included, which represents an
    increment of about 347 objects relative to the Lynga (1987, Cat.
    VII/92) catalogue. The catalogue is presented in a single table
    containing all the important data, which makes it easy to use.

    In total, 94% of the objects have estimates of their apparent
    diameters, and 38% have distance, E(B-V) and age determinations.
    Concerning the data on kinematics, 19% have their mean proper motions
    listed, 12% their mean radial velocities, and 9% have both information
    simultaneously.
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