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The Little Scorpion Cluster, NGC 1342, Boris US5WU
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The Little Scorpion Cluster, NGC 1342

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The Little Scorpion Cluster, NGC 1342

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The Little Scorpion Cluster, NGC 1342, Herschel 46 is an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus.
William Herschel discovered the cluster on December 28th, 1799. The estimated distance from Earth is about 1,170 light years.

This image taken in February 2019.

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The Little Scorpion Cluster, NGC 1342, Boris US5WU