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Open star cluster M6 in Scorpius

author: Jim Misti/Novapix

reference: a-aou64-05004

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

The open star cluster M6, (NGC 6405), is also known as the Butterfly Cluster. M6 is visible to the naked eye in the constellation Scorpius. M6 is variously estimated as between 50 and 100 million years old.

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2005 - ASTRONOMY - M6 - NGC 6405 - OPEN CLUSTER - SCORPIUS - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -