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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6016.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6016. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M16 is an open cluster in the constellation Serpens, associated with the
EAGLE NEBULA (1 degree north and 2.5 degrees west of γ Scuti). It
was discovered by de Chéseaux in 1746 as a `cluster of stars' and
sits on the next inner spiral arm of the galaxy away from us next to
M17....

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