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Cl Upgren 1

Cl Upgren 1, C 1232+365

RA: 12h 35m 1s
Dec: +36° 22′ 18″

Con: Canes Venatici
Ch: MSA:632, U2:108, SA:7

Ref: SIMBAD, Archinal&Hynes (2003)

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Type: open cluster, 42p

Mag: B=?, V=6.3

Size: 18′
PA: ?

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Brian Skiff

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.

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Magda Streicher

2006 April

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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.

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