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Old 30-06-2016, 07:45 PM
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Any triple Globulars?

Ok it is globular cluster season with the milky way arcing overhead at reasonable hours, so I pose this question.

Is there any grouping of globulars that can be observed in an amateur telescope that will show three globular clusters in one field?

There are plenty of "double globulars" of various types, particulary M4 and NGC 6144 - easy with a 6" scope and a magnification of around 30x
NGC 104 (47 Tuc) and 121- one large the other small, and NGC 6528 & 6522 smoking off the spout of the teapot.
But what about a triple in the same field - anyone got one? Must be a galactic cluster and not three imperceptible fuzzes in a distant galaxy.
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