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| M-26 is another large open cluster in a star rich portion of the sky. It covers about the same area of the sky as 1/2 the size of a full moon. You can find it because it is close to the bright stars in the constellation Scutum. However, the number of stars is much smaller than other open clustrs. | |
|  | Size: 14 arcmin Magnitude: 8.0 Number of Stars: 30 RA: 18h 45m 12s Dec: -09 d 23m 00s | 
|  | Scope: 
8" LX 200 SCT | 
| M-5C
CCD Camera | |
| Focal
Ratio: f4.0 | |
| Exposure: 
90 sec exposures | |
|  | Link to SEDS M-26 Page | 
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