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>.