| M-6 in Scorpius | |
| M-6 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 above the stinger in the tail of the Scorpius. It will be difficult to see if you live far north. | |
|   | Size: 14 arcmin Magnitude: 4.2 Number of Stars: 80 RA: 17h 40m 24.6s Dec: -32 d 13m 49s | 
|   | Scope: 
8" LX 200 SCT | 
| M-5C
CCD Camera, STAR 2000 and IDAS LPR | |
| Focal
Ratio: f3.3 | |
| Exposure: 
  10 min exposures | |
|  | Link to SEDS M-6 Page | 
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