Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati NGC 2579$

Details on Acronym:   NGC 2579
  
NGC 2579
 Write:<<NGC 2579  NN>>
 N:  72
Object:*inCl
   Ref:=1968ArA.....5...63L
     byLINDOFF U.

 Arkiv for Astron., 5, 63-103 (1968)

    The open clusters NGC 2546, Pi 1, NGC 2579 and Cr 185.

oFor NGC 2579, stars 1 to 72 are not members of the cluster but  a random    Milky Way field selected in error by Lindoff.

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 2579 L
  
Cl* NGC 2579 L (Lindoff)
  ====>Equivalent to: NGC 2579