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Aug. 4-5, 2018 - Location: Davis Mountains west of Fort Davis, TX Telescope: Stellarvue SV102ED Mount: MI-250 Camera: ST-8300M Exposure: R G & B = 60 min. each - 10 min. Sub-exposures Click on the image below to view at higher resolution. |
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Discovery first recorded by Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654 M6 is known as the Butterfly Cluster. Robert Burnham discribed the cluster as a "charming group whose arrangement suggests the outline of a butterfly with open wings." The cluster is classified as an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scorpius approximately 1,600 light-years from the Earth. The cluster is dominated by bright, blue, B-type stars, however; contrasting with its neighboring blue stars is the giant orange K/type BM Scorpii.
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1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Cluster
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