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Cl* Westerlund 1 W 56

** SIMBAD ** 8 papers

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Right ascension: 16h 46m 58.95s
Declination: −45° 51′ 48.7″
Galactic l, b: 339.53, -0.4009

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* Westerlund 1 W 56a	BlueSG	0.2212″	17.46
Cl* Westerlund 1 W 56b	Star	2.864″	18.88
[CRN2020] W1019	Star	5.924″	20.33
[CRN2020] W1015	Star	12.83″	19.24
Cl* Westerlund 1 W 55	BlueSG	18.24″	18.03
Cl* Westerlund 1 W 53	BlueSG	22.59″	18.51
[CRN2020] W1025	**	24.96″	19.91
Cl* Westerlund 1 W 57	BlueSG	25.38″	16.88
Cl* Westerlund 1 W 59	LongPeriodV* Candidate	25.74″	18.97
[B2007] J164656.89-455204.4	**	26.61″	19.14
[CRN2020] W1028	Star	26.98″	20.76

Provenance

where this card came from

Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/cl-westerlund-1-w-56 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.