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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6093.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6093. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M93 is an open cluster situated almost exactly on the galactic equator in Puppis. Of sixth magnitude, it is at the limit of naked-eye visibility and is easily detectable with binoculars, near third-magnitude Xi Puppis. It is elongated, and through small telescopes appears shaped somewhat like the tip of a knife, although Admiral Smyth called it starfish-shaped. M93 was discovered by Messier in Ma...

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