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RA: 12h 35m 1s
Dec: +36° 22′ 18″
Con: Canes Venatici
Ch: MSA:632, U2:108, SA:7
Ref: SIMBAD, Archinal&Hynes (2003)
Type: open cluster, 42p
Mag: B=?, V=6.3
Size: 18′
PA: ?
15cm - consp grp of five * in 50' fld forming trapezoid 8' across w/three *s
in-line on S-facing long base. a dozen others in 80x/50' under nearly-
Full Moon. BS, 30Apr1988, Anderson Mesa.
Alldays
12-inch f/10 SCT (95x/52.8′)
Outstanding group of bright stars, which extends to about 37' in size in a north to south direction. Although the data suggest a 14' in size. The middle been dominated by three stars in an east to west direction. The stars to its north is the brighter than the rest of the grouping which expanse further south in the 12" S/C – 95x. The brightest star in this grouping is HD 109530, which is situated on the extreme northern side.
Lacaille's catalogue
The Messier objects
Dunlop's catalogue
The Bennett objects
The Caldwell list
Named DSOs
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