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higher resolution (2500 x 1200
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5500 x
2100 pixel) The larger images show an mosic from M6 till NGC 6368 |
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Object description: The distance to the open cluster M 6 in the constellation Scorpius is about 1,600 light-years. With an apparent diameter of 25 arc minutes, the cluster is about as big as the moon in the sky. The two larger images show a mosaic of M 6 together with the two adjacent clusters Tr 28 and NGC 6383. « Object description and comparison with the Moon, load higher resolution. |
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