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M6 - Open Cluster in Scopius

The open cluster M6 (NGC 6405) is also known as the Butterfly Cluster.
At a distance of about 1,600 light-years the diameter of the cluster
is 12 light-years. The age of the cluster is said to be between 95 and
100 million years.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...allenge/m6.htm


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