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Old 22-07-2007, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Nyx Aether View Post
Dugnsuz

The "Coathanger Asterism" or "Brocchi's Cluster" (Cr 399 - Collinder ) you refer too is in Vulpecula - however, it is not really a northern object as the position is RA: 19h 25.4m Dec. +20deg 11min.

For your interest, an excellent discussion can be found at ;
http://www.greenwich-observatory.co.uk/coathanger.html.

Thanks for the links, brought back some memories, haven't looked for it down under!
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Doug
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