Type | Open Cluster |
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Magnitude | 0.5 |
Size | 329' |
Right Ascension | 4h 26' 54.0" (2000) |
Declination | 15° 52' 0" N |
Constellation | Taurus |
Description | vvB, vvL, irr |
Classification | II3m |
Andrew Cooper
Aug 31, 2008 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%
Large! Beautiful! a loose conglomeration of bright and dim stars spread across the field, most of this object visible in the 5° field of the 76mm with the 35mm Panoptic, most of the stars seem very blue, particularly when contrasted with the vivid orange of Aldebaran, strictly a binocular or RFT object, or simply unaided eye
Andrew Cooper
Jan 5, 2008 Pu'u Kuainiho, HI (map)
12x36 Canon Image Stabilized Binoculars @ 12x
Moon: 0%
Large, bright, a v-shaped asterism forms the structure of the cluster with the bright orange star Aldebaran (αTau) anchoring one corner, obvious to the unaided eye, fills the binocular view with a rich field, about 100+ stars in clumps through the entire 5° field
63 Tauri | 70 Tauri | 71 Tauri |
75 Tauri | 80 Tauri | 81 Tauri |
Chamukuy | HD 28527 | Theta1 Tauri |
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