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Berkeley Open Cluster Catalogue

(Be)
(list of open clusters)

I use the phrase Berkeley Open Cluster Catalogue for a c1960 list of 104 stellar clusters (mostly open clusters) now identified using designator Berkeley or Be, that were found in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) plates.

(catalog,star clusters)
Further reading:
https://sunnymeade.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/berkeley-17-the-oldest-open-cluster-in-the-milky-way/
https://www.stellar-journeys.org/cluster-berkeley-info.htm
https://books.google.com/books/about/Newly_Found_Star_Clusters.html?id=mZXzxQEACAAJ
https://books.google.com/books/about/Newly_Found_Star_Clusters.html?id=90j8zAEACAAJ
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008514381
PrefixExample  
BeBe 79or "Ber 79"
BerkeleyBerkeley 79 
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