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Old 25-05-2008, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Karlsson View Post
Good report - always enjoy reading them

I checked the position of Harvard 8 (=Collinder 268) in various sources against your description: you may well be right... The correct position of the cluster is about 7' NNW of the one commonly listed - but the trapezium is not part of it, that's a tad too far North...
Thanks Karlsson. That's an interesting find, does confirm my thoery in a way Then, could Harvard 8 be that flat V shaped group I saw? That is located south of the trapezium, so it matches the position you describe.
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