Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)
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Patchick 3, Peter Goodhew
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Patchick 3

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Patchick 3

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Patchick 3 is a delicate open cluster of 20-25 stars located just ½° south of Capella, the 6th brightest star, and nearly overwhelmed by its light. My very good friend Dana Patchick discovered this on 5 February 2003 from his garden using an old Coulter 13.1" Dobsonian. His technique awas to sweep around bright stars and slowly move out from them in a circular search pattern looking for anything interesting by way of star gatherings.

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Patchick 3, Peter Goodhew