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RA: 09h 55m 30s
Dec: −47° 01′ 0″
Con: Vela
Ch: MSA:962, U2:398, SA:20
Ref: SIMBAD, DAML02, Archinal&Hynes (2003)
Type: open cluster, 13p
Mag: B=?, V=14
Size: 1.7′
PA: ?
Sketches (1)
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Not plotted on U398; coords taken from ESO/U
1998-02-24/25, 6-inch f/8.6 Newtonian, Stellenbosch Rifle Range site. 6.0 (naked eye), seeing very good. The sweeper power shows a coarse, large and small-starred grouping, which makes it plain. In K9, 144x: Two brightish stars (shown on U2) and then about half-dozen fainter ones about in an east-west elongated grouping 6arcmin across.
Sketched cluster.
Lacaille's catalogue
The Messier objects
Dunlop's catalogue
The Bennett objects
The Caldwell list
Named DSOs
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