# One Cluster, Two Clusters, No Cluster? The Curious Case of HSC 2686 and Lynga 3 Source: [AAS Nova](https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae8db6#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-cluster-two-clusters-no-cluster-the-curious-case-of-hsc-2686-and-lynga-3) · 2026-11-06 · Space Page: https://themorning.science/story/one-cluster-two-clusters-no-cluster-the-curious-case-of-hsc-2686-and-lynga-3-69716b6c365badd2 Andreas Ritter et al 2026 AJ 172 176 The Gaia satellite has identified thousands of possible new open cluster candidates, but a search for open cluster–planetary nebula pairs finds that two such cluster candidates are not real clusters. The post One Cluster, Two Clusters, No… ## Coverage - [One Cluster, Two Clusters, No Cluster? The Curious Case of HSC 2686 and Lynga 3](https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae8db6#new_tab?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-cluster-two-clusters-no-cluster-the-curious-case-of-hsc-2686-and-lynga-3) — AAS Nova, 2026-11-06 --- Brief generated by AI (–) from the reporting listed under Coverage. Headlines belong to their publishers. The Morning Science – https://themorning.science