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Deep-sky objects in Scorpius -advice needed

Started by Inge_S, 03/31/2006 05:40AM
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Inge Skauvik
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At last I have reached Scorpius in my preparations for my astro-trip in May. I have studied my materials and identified the show objects, but I'm still interested in knowing about the less known objects in Scorpius and also som hints to what I should look for in the brighter objects.

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Inge,

One DSO I think you will enjoy in Scorpius is the small globular cluster NGC6144. It is very near the red star G Sco at the very end of the "tail" of the scorpion. The combination of the red star and globular is interesting.

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Inge,

The Northern Jewel Box (NGC 6231) region is my favorite part of Scorpius.

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/D_SUM_S/IC4628.HTM

http://www.darkskyimages.com/jewelbox.htm

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On your way to the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302, which I am sure is on your list), check out Open Cluster NGC 6281. It has an interesting boxy shape. For me, it was one of those things I found on the was to something else that I enjoyed more than the object I was originally looking for. You cannot miss it if you are Star hopping over from the double star on the right side of the lower part of the "S".

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