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M 6 · Butterfly Cluster

M 6 · Open cluster · Scorpius

Butterfly Cluster

Also known as NGC 6405

Messier 6

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Scorpius
Position (J2000): 17h 40m 21s · −32° 15′ 15″
Discovered: by Giovan Battista Hodierna in 1654

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 4.2; visual
Size: 15.6′
Distance: ~1,600 ly
Best months: May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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