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Old 29-11-2008, 02:58 AM
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There are two nebulae near the center of the Milky Way. They are Sharpless 2-16 and 17.
Sh 2-16 is the brightest of the two and it contains the open cluster Collinder 347.
Galactic latitude 0 longitude 0 is between these two nebulae.
http://galaxymap.org/cgi-bin/details...p41.0&name=S16
http://galaxymap.org/cgi-bin/details...p41.0&name=S17
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