Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  Butterfly Cluster  ·  M 6  ·  NGC 6405
M6 Butterfly Cluster, jprejean
M6 Butterfly Cluster
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M6 Butterfly Cluster

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M6 Butterfly Cluster, jprejean
M6 Butterfly Cluster
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M6 Butterfly Cluster

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Messier 6 (M6), also known as the Butterfly Cluster, is a bright open cluster located in the southern constellation Scorpius. It lies in the direction of the galactic centre, at an approximate distance of 1,600 light years from Earth.

Messier 6 is estimated to be around 100,000 million years old. Most of the bright, visible stars in it are hot, young, blue stars belonging to the spectral class B4-B5. However, the brightest star in the cluster is an orange giant belonging to the spectral class K.


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M6 Butterfly Cluster, jprejean