Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6451  ·  PK000-01.10  ·  PK358-01.5  ·  PK359-00.1  ·  PK359-01.1  ·  PK359-01.2  ·  PK359-01.3  ·  PK359-01.4  ·  PK359-02.1  ·  PK359-02.2
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Tom Thumb open cluster (NGC 6451), Claudio Tenreiro
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Tom Thumb open cluster (NGC 6451)

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Tom Thumb open cluster (NGC 6451), Claudio Tenreiro
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Tom Thumb open cluster (NGC 6451)

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Funny name for the cluster, Tom Thumb cluster, it is a nice region, full of contrast of dark and stars clouds in Sagittarius, and there are many clusters there, they are a kind of crystal bags all over around (also close to some from scorpion). Now, Tom must have been a famous guy because there are a number of groceries stores with that name, and maybe other kind of business as well. His fingerprint is right close to the galactic centre... awesome,  anyway, it as a nice cluster.
Now, on the image there is another object that was not identified but visible, on the upper right hand side, the open cluster Ruprecht 130, below the Planetary nebula HB5, known as Hubble's double bubble (or PK359-00.1), small cluster but clearly visible.

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