Melotte catalogue


In astronomy, the Melotte catalogue is a catalogue of 245 star clusters 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".

Vital statistics

The Melotte catalogue contains 55 objects which are part of the Messier catalogue:
The Melotte catalogue pre-dates the Caldwell catalogue by 80 years. The Melotte catalogue contains 37 objects which are part of the Caldwell catalogue:

Melotte objects

Errors

There are some errors in Melotte's list: