Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Three Different Catalogues, Three Faint Open Clusters

Top Left  RU127  (RU short for "J.Ruprecht" the cataloger)
Centre NGC6400 (NGC or New General Catalogue featuring objects catalogued in the 19th Century)
Top Right CR338 (CR short for "Collinder" again the cataloger)
Centre Bottom Bright Star HD160688 about 694 light years distant.

Just to help out a bit I have marked them here.

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