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Old 26-10-2009, 10:04 PM
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Octane (Humayun)
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The Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Ptolemy's Cluster (M7) in Scorpius

All,

I went over to JohnG's place on Friday for the weekend. Thanks again, John, for your hospitality!

Whilst waiting for my main target, I managed to grab this whilst the Moon was still up. In fact, the Moon was just north of these troopers.

I know, it's shockingly low on the horizon, but, I thought whilst I was set up I'd take some filler. These are a couple of my favourite open clusters. There's a couple of other open clusters, as well as globular clusters, and, I've managed to nab a Sharpless object, too.

I will re-do this next year.

Read and view here.

Comments, critique, etc., most welcome.

Regards,
Humayun
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