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==Nomenclature== In 1979, the [[International Astronomical Union]]'s 17th general assembly recommended that newly discovered star clusters, open or globular, within the Galaxy have designations following the convention "Chhmm±ddd", always beginning with the prefix ''C'', where ''h'', ''m'', and ''d'' represent the approximate coordinates of the cluster centre in hours and minutes of [[right ascension]], and degrees of [[declination]], respectively, with leading zeros. The designation, once assigned, is not to change, even if subsequent measurements improve on the location of the cluster centre.<ref name="IAU 17GA 1979">{{cite conference |url = https://www.iau.org/static/resolutions/IAU1979_French.pdf |title = XVIIth General Assembly |date = Summer 1979 |type = 14–23 August 1979 |publisher = [[International Astronomical Union]] |page = 13 |location = Montreal, Canada |access-date = 18 December 2014 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150118133621/http://www.iau.org/static/resolutions/IAU1979_French.pdf |archive-date = 18 January 2015 }}</ref> The first of such designations were assigned by [[Gosta Lynga]] in 1982.<ref name="Lynga">{{cite journal | last = Lynga | first = G. | date = October 1982 | title = IAU numbers for some recently discovered clusters | bibcode = 1982BICDS..23...89L | journal = Bulletin d'Information du Centre de Données Stellaires | volume = 23 | page = 89 }}<!--| access-date = 18 December 2014 --></ref><ref name="simbad">{{cite web |url=http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic-Simbad?C |title=Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects |date=1 December 2014<!-- last update as of 21 December 2014 --> |website=Simbad |publisher=Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg |access-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008193320/http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic-Simbad?C |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref>
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