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Old 16-04-2007, 12:42 PM
AJames
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Great Image, however, just for your own interest, there is one likely member of the cluster you have only just missed.

I have attached a figure showing where this other star is placed. It shows the Outer Regions of the Jewel Box and includes the faint naked-eye blue star HIP 62732, which displays the same proper motions as all the open cluster stars. If this is truly a cluster member, then it is the cluster’s brightest star! - even though it is some 15.3 arc minutes from the peak of the ‘A’ in the Jewel Box!

The other marked yellowish star, HIP 62646, is not a member. However, it can be used to identify the field orientation and the additional star HIP 62723.

Additional studies have further shown that other fainter stars may extend towards the south - most of which appear yellow below and left of the other cluster stars.

The orientation of the Figure is East to West (East being at the top)
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