Type | Open Cluster |
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Magnitude | Right Ascension | 6h 16' 50.8" (2000) |
Declination | 5° 59' 46" N |
Constellation | Orion |
Description | ** chief of Cl |
Andrew Cooper
Jan 26, 2020 Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 60x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
A very poor cluster being a mere clump in a rich galatic starfield, a half dozen 8-10 magnitude stars in a 5' circlet, poor, coarse, fully resolved
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