M 6 or the Butterfly Cluster by John Glossop

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30 April 2011

M 6 or the Butterfly Cluster

Cootamundra, NSW

M 6 is a bright Open Cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It is also known as the Butterfly Cluster, NGC 6405, Collinder 341, Melotte 178, Raab 112 and OCL 1030. This cluster shines at a magnitude of 4.60 and is around 20 arc minutes in size and lies at a distance of around 1600 Light Years.

Takahashi FSQ-106ED operating at f/5.0.

SBIG ST8300
10 x 3 minutes @ -15c full exif

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