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'''The Running Chicken Cluster''' can be found by navigating to '''IC 2944 HG 10004'''. | '''The Running Chicken Cluster''' can be found by navigating to '''IC 2944 HG 10004'''. | ||
== Messier 6 == | |||
[[File:Messier 6.png|thumb|220x220px|Messier 6]] | |||
Also known as the Butterfly Cluster, or NGC 6405, is an open cluster of some 80 stars in the constellation of Scorpius. Its name derives from the vague resemblance of its shape to a butterfly. Most of the bright stars in this cluster are hot, blue B-type stars but the brightest member is a K-type orange giant star, the B-type binary '''V970 Scorpii.''' | |||
'''Messier 6''' can be found by navigating to '''HD 160167'''. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||