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Old 10-01-2009, 11:42 AM
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Gum 5

Gum 5, also Sh 2-301 or RCW 6 looks fairly bright.
It forms a large isosceles triangle (sides 6 degs long) with Sirius and M41. Has anyone seen it?
Diameter is 9', RA is 07 09 55 and dec -18 30.
http://galaxymap.org/cgi-bin/details...5&name=Gum%205
The image below is from wikisky.org. It shows Gum 5 left, Sirius top right and M41 lower right.
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