Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati Westerlund$

Details on Acronym:   Wd
  
Wd (Westerlund)
***** Avoid the usage of Wd, prefer Westerlund

Details on Acronym:   Westerlund
  
Westerlund (Westerlund)= (Wd)
Write:<<Cl Westerlund N>>
N: 2
Object:OCl  (SIMBAD class: OpenCluster = Open Cluster)
Note:No. 1 = C 1644-457, defined again in 1968ApJ...154L..67W. No. 2 = C 1022-575 in Alter+ 1970 catalogue of clusters ans associations.
Ref:=1961PASP...73...51W
byWESTERLUND B.
 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 73, 51-56 (1961)
  A heavily reddened cluster in Ara.
o<Cl Westerlund 1>.